名詞 lieutenant:

1. a commissioned military officer
2. an officer in a police force
   同義詞：police lieutenant
3. an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
   同義詞：deputy
4. an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade

1. "This is a very courageous, assertive Speaker, who is not unwilling when be identifies something he wants to do to put his reputation on the line, " said Mr. [Jim] Wright's chief lieutenant, Thomas A. Foley, ... "He likes to go out and grab the nettles."
   賴特[議長]麾下主將福萊說，"這是一位非常勇敢、直言不諱的議長，要做的事，即令危及名聲，也在所不辭。"... "他喜歡去做棘手的事。"
2. A young lieutenant was named for duty.
   一名年輕的中尉被任命擔(dān)任這項職務(wù)。
3. He was promoted to lieutenant.
   他被提升為陸軍中尉/海軍上尉。

lieu.ten.ant

n.（名詞）

Abbr. Lt.A commissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above lieutenant junior grade and below lieutenant commander.
縮寫 Lt.海軍上尉：美國海軍或海岸警衛(wèi)隊的軍銜，高于海軍中尉，低于海軍少校
A first lieutenant.
中尉
A second lieutenant.
少尉
One who holds the rank of lieutenant, first lieutenant, or second lieutenant.
尉級軍官：有上尉，中尉或少尉軍銜的人
[lμf-tμn.…nt] A commissioned officer in the British and Canadian navies ranking just below a lieutenant commander.
[lμf-tμn.…nt] 海軍上尉：英國和加拿大海軍中的軍官，軍銜僅次于海軍少校
An officer in a police or fire department ranking below a captain.
副隊長：警察和消防隊中的軍官，軍銜低于上尉
One who acts in place of or represents a superior; an assistant or a deputy:
代理官員，副職官員：代理或代表上級行動的人；助理或代理：
例句：
the organized crime figure and his lieutenants.See Synonyms at assistant
團伙犯罪人物和他的副手們參見 assistant

來源：
Middle English [deputy]
中古英語 [代理]
from Old French
源自 古法語
lieu [lieu] * see lieu
lieu [代替] *參見 lieu
tenant [present participle of] tenir [to hold] from Latin tenôre * see ten-
tenant [] tenir的現(xiàn)在分詞 [持有] 源自 拉丁語 tenôre *參見 ten-

【引伸】
lieuten.ancy
n.（名詞）
<注釋>What is the connection between a lieutenant governor and a lieutenant in the armyôIn the etymology of the wordlieutenant, at least, the connection lies in their holding a place;that is, the wordlieutenant is from an Old French compound made up of lieu, .place,. and tenant, .holding,. the present participle of the verb tenir, .to hold.. The word in Old French and the borrowed Middle English wordlieutenant, first recorded near the end of the 4th century, referred to a person who acted for another as a deputy.This usage has survived,for example, in our termlieutenant governor, the deputy of the governor and the one who replaces the governor if need be. In military parlancelieutenant appears by itself as well as in compounds such asfirst lieutenant and second lieutenant, which muddy the water a bit,but the original notion of the word in military usage was that the officer it referred to ranked below the next one upand could replace him if need be.A lieutenant in the U.S. Army could thus step into the shoes of a captain.
副州長和陸軍中尉之間有什么聯(lián)系ô就lieutenant 這個單詞的詞源來說， 至少，聯(lián)系在于他們都擁有一個位置；也就是說，lieutenant 這個詞源于一個古法語復(fù)合詞，這個詞由 lieu （.場所.）和 tenant （.擁有.）及動詞 tenir （.持有，擁有.）的現(xiàn)在分詞組成。 古法語的這個詞和借用的中古英語詞lieutenant 的最早記錄出現(xiàn)在4世紀(jì)末， 該詞指的是代理別人做某事的人。這種用法至今仍使用，例如，我們的短語lieutenant governor（副州長） 州長的副職和必要時代替州長的人。 在軍事用語中，lieutenant 單獨出現(xiàn)， 也在復(fù)合詞如first lieutenant 及 second lieutenants 中出現(xiàn)， 這把情況搞復(fù)雜了一些，但這個詞在軍事用語中的原始意義是它所指的軍官低于上一級軍官，在必要時可以取代他。因此，美國陸軍中的一名中尉可以取代上尉