underlings

英 [ˈʌndəlɪŋz]

美 [ˈʌndərlɪŋz]

n.  走卒; 喽啰; 手下; 下属
underling的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 跟班儿；手下；羽翼；喽啰；走卒
  You refer to someone as anunderlingwhen they are inferior in rank or status to someone else and take orders from them. You use this word to show that you do not respect someone.
  1. Every underling feared him.
     所有的手下都怕他。
  2. ...underlings who do the dirty work.
     行卑劣之事的走卒

双语例句

• Tragicomically, the study found that bosses often believe their own guff, even if their underlings do not.
  令人哭笑不得的是，调查显示，不管下属们信不信老板说的废话，反正老板们自己信了。
• Even now, he works 80 to 90-hour weeks, a camera constantly trained on his face to shout commands at underlings.
  即使是现在，他每周仍然工作80至90个小时，一架摄像机瞄准他的脸，以方便他对下属发号施令。
• Heathcliff, on second thoughts, resolved to avoid a struggle against the three underlings.
  希刺克厉夫一转念，决定避免和这三个下属争斗。
• Urbane, well traveled, owners of homes and cars, employers of underlings and nannies, they are living the urban dream of China's post Cultural Revolution generation.
  他们彬彬有礼，经常出外旅游并拥有了房子和汽车，成为了拥有不少下属和奶妈的雇主。
• However, Nur al-Din was not alone in facing ambitious underlings.
  但努尔丁是不会独自面对这位雄心勃勃的下属的。
• Indian media reports say there is also official suspicion some of his underlings may have provided support to the terrorists who struck last week.
  印度媒体报导说，还有官员怀疑，达乌德.易卜拉欣的一些手下可能为上星期发动袭击的恐怖分子提供了支持。
• Managers find it hard to make the lives of their underlings any better because they are too miserable themselves.
  管理者难以让下属的生活变得更好是因为他们自己太痛苦了。
• Underlings fawn on their bosses.
  奴才巴结主子。
• "They're robbed by underlings," said Fanny shortly." just what I said. "
  “他们是被手下那帮人坑的，”范妮烦躁地说。“就是我说的那样。”
• We chatted for a bit about people we knew in journalism, and I volunteered that so-and-so had just left his wife and was now shacked up with one of his underlings.
  聊了一阵我们在新闻业中的旧相识之后，我主动提到，某某某刚和老婆分手，现在正和一名下属同居。