• n. 代理人，代表
• adj. 副的；代理的

來自depute, 授權，使擔任副職，代表。

deputy

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).

1. She was so disloyal to her deputy she made his position untenable.

她對她的副手很不守信義，使得他的職位岌岌可危。

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2. The Deputy Commander has condemned this weekend's protest as deliberate provocation.

副指揮官譴責本周末的抗議活動是蓄意挑釁。

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3. He was given the title of deputy prime minister.

他被授予副總理之職。

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4. The deputy leader is cautious about loosening the links with the unions.

該政黨的二把手對疏遠與工會之間關系一事態度謹慎。

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5. I decided to put in for a job as deputy secretary.

我決定申請副書記一職。

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