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(zhǎng)]麾下主將福萊說(shuō)，"這是一位非常勇敢、直言不諱的議長(zhǎng)，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(xiàng)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(xiě) Lt.海軍上尉：美國(guó)海軍或海岸警衛(wèi)隊(duì)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(jí)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(guó)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(duì)長(zhǎng)：警察和消防隊(duì)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(jí)行動(dòng)的人；助理或代理：
例句：
the organized crime figure and his lieutenants.See Synonyms at assistant
團(tuán)伙犯罪人物和他的副手們參見(jiàn) assistant

來(lái)源：
Middle English [deputy]
中古英語(yǔ) [代理]
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
lieu [lieu] * see lieu
lieu [代替] *參見(jiàn) 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(yǔ) tenôre *參見(jiàn) 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(zhǎng)和陸軍中尉之間有什么聯(lián)系ô就lieutenant 這個(gè)單詞的詞源來(lái)說(shuō)， 至少，聯(lián)系在于他們都擁有一個(gè)位置；也就是說(shuō)，lieutenant 這個(gè)詞源于一個(gè)古法語(yǔ)復(fù)合詞，這個(gè)詞由 lieu （.場(chǎng)所.）和 tenant （.擁有.）及動(dòng)詞 tenir （.持有，擁有.）的現(xiàn)在分詞組成。 古法語(yǔ)的這個(gè)詞和借用的中古英語(yǔ)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(yǔ)lieutenant governor（副州長(zhǎng)） 州長(zhǎng)的副職和必要時(shí)代替州長(zhǎng)的人。 在軍事用語(yǔ)中，lieutenant 單獨(dú)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(gè)詞在軍事用語(yǔ)中的原始意義是它所指的軍官低于上一級(jí)軍官，在必要時(shí)可以取代他。因此，美國(guó)陸軍中的一名中尉可以取代上尉