lieutenant

英 [lef'ten?nt] 美[lu't?n?nt]

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復(fù)數(shù):?lieutenants;

1. lieu + tenant.
2. Etymologically, a lieutenant is someone who 'holds the place' of another (more senior) officer – that is, deputizes for him.

lieutenant 中尉，副職官員

來自古法語lieu tenant,替代，副職，lieu,地方，tenant,占用，引申詞義代替，副職官員，陸軍中尉等。

lieutenant: lieutenant: [14] Etymologically, a lieutenant is someone who ‘holds the place’ of another (more senior) officer – that is, deputizes for him. The word comes from French lieutenant, a compound formed from lieu ‘place’ and tenant (source of English tenant). Lieu (borrowed independently by English as lieu [13] in the phrase ‘in lieu of’) comes in turn from Latin locus ‘place’, source of English local. Locum tenens [17] (or locum for short) ‘temporary replacement’, literally ‘holding the place’, is thus a parallel formation with lieutenant.

Spellings of lieutenant with -f-, indicating the still current British pronunciation /lef-/, first appear as early as the 14th century.
=> lieu, local, tenant
lieutenant (n.): late 14c., "one who takes the place of another," from Old French lieu tenant "substitute, deputy," literally "placeholder," from lieu "place" (see lieu) + tenant, present participle of tenir "to hold" (see tenant). The notion is of a "substitute" for higher authority. Specific military sense of "officer next in rank to a captain" is from 1570s. Pronunciation with lef- is common in Britain, and spellings to reflect it date back to 14c., but the origin of this is a mystery (OED rejects suggestion that it comes from old confusion of -u- and -v-).

1. I'm a novice at these things, Lieutenant. You're the professional.: 中尉，做這些事情我是新手，你是行家。

2. Fusilier Jones ran towards the Ops Room to find his lieutenant.: 燧發(fā)槍團(tuán)士兵瓊斯奔向作戰(zhàn)指揮室尋找他的中尉長官。

3. As a second lieutenant, he had to salute damned near everybody.: 身為少尉，他幾乎是逢人便得敬禮。

4. He and Lieutenant Cassidy were checking the scene of the crime.: 他和卡西迪中尉正在勘查犯罪現(xiàn)場。

5. He's a retired Lieutenant Colonel and a bit of a martinet.: 他是個退役中校，有點(diǎn)軍人作風(fēng)。