deputy: [16] A deputy is literally ‘someone who has been deputed to act on someone else’s behalf’. It represents a reformulation of the Middle English noun depute. This was borrowed from the past participle of Old French deputer (source of the English verb depute [15] and hence of deputation [16]), which in turn came from late Latin dēputāre ‘assign, allot’.
In classical times this meant literally ‘cut off’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘off’ and putāre, which meant ‘cut’ – as in amputate – as well as ‘esteem, consider, reckon, think’ – as in compute, dispute, impute, and repute). => amputate, compute, count, dispute, impute, putative, repute
deputy (n.)
c. 1400, "one given the full power of an officer without holding the office," from Anglo-French deputé, noun use of past participle of Middle French députer "appoint, assign" (14c.), from Late Latin deputare "to destine, allot," in classical Latin "to esteem, consider, consider as," literally "to cut off, prune," from de- "away" (see de-) + putare "to think, count, consider," literally "to cut, prune" (see pave).
实用例句
1. She was so disloyal to her deputy she made his position untenable.
她对她的副手很不守信义，使得他的职位岌岌可危。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The Deputy Commander has condemned this weekend's protest as deliberate provocation.
副指挥官谴责本周末的抗议活动是蓄意挑衅。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He was given the title of deputy prime minister.
他被授予副总理之职。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The deputy leader is cautious about loosening the links with the unions.
该政党的二把手对疏远与工会之间关系一事态度谨慎。
来自柯林斯例句
5. I decided to put in for a job as deputy secretary.
