a person who is the next most important person below a business manager, a head of a school, a political leader, etc. and who does the person’s job when he or she is away 副手；副职；代理 I'm acting as deputy till the manager returns. 我在经理回来之前代行他的职务。 He was appointed deputy head of the school. 他被委任为副校长。
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc1, Businessc1A new deputy has not yet been appointed. 尚未任命新的副手。 She is acting as deputy to the chairman of the board. 她在代行董事会主席的职务。 a former deputy chairman of the Democratic Party 民主党前任副主席
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acting
- former
- chief
- …
- appoint (somebody as)
- act as
- chair
- chairman
- chief
- …
- deputy to
the name for a member of parliament in some countries （某些国家的）议员 Three women were among the 77 deputies elected. 77 名选出的议员中有 3 名是女性。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- parliamentary
- opposition
- right-wing
- …
- elect
(in the US) a police officer who helps the sheriff of an area （美国协助地方治安官办案的）警官
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French depute, from late Latin deputatus, past participle of deputare ‘consider to be, assign’, from de- ‘away’ + putare ‘consider’.