dep·u·ty
noun/ˈdepjuti/
/ˈdepjuti/
(plural deputies)
- a person who is the next most important person below a business manager, a head of a school, a political leader, etc. and who does that person’s job when they are away
仅次于业务经理、学校校长、政治领袖等的第二重要人物，并在他们不在时执行该人的工作 - I'm acting as deputy till the manager returns.
我在经理回来之前代行他的职务。 - She was appointed deputy head of the school.
她被任命为学校副校长。
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc1, Businessc1- A new deputy has not yet been appointed.
尚未任命新的副手。 - She is acting as deputy to the chairman of the board.
她在代行董事会主席的职务。 - a former deputy chairman of the Democratic Party
民主党前任副主席
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acting
- former
- chief
- …
- appoint (somebody as)
- act as
- chair
- chairman
- chief
- …
- deputy to
- I'm acting as deputy till the manager returns.
- the name for a member of parliament in some countries
（某些国家的）议员 - 23 women were among the 77 deputies elected.
当选的 77 名代表中有 23 名女性。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- parliamentary
- opposition
- right-wing
- …
- elect
- 23 women were among the 77 deputies elected.
- (in the US) a police officer who helps the sheriff of an area
（协助地方治安官办案的）警官
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French depute, from late Latin deputatus, past participle of deputare ‘consider to be, assign’, from de- ‘away’ + putare ‘consider’.