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

• 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。
• Real-life members of Congress love the series, as do underlings.
  不过现实中，国会议员和下属们都很喜欢这部剧。
• Isaiah said to them,'Tell your master,'This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard-those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
  以赛亚对他们说，要这样对你们的主人说，耶和华如此说，你听见亚述王的仆人亵渎我的话，不要惧怕。
• Gan'arg Underlings and Felhound Defenders are now properly classified as demons.
  加南的手下和地狱犬守卫者现在正确的归属于恶魔。
• Meanwhile their underlings were paid about 1 per cent less than had the CEO remained childless.
  同时，这些首席执行官的下属薪水会比老板没有孩子时下降1%左右。
• "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。”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The fact that she is not put off by your attentions and is even prepared to favour you as a friend could mean that she is emotionally warped and gets a thrill out of being loved in vain by underlings.
  她没有对你的关注感到反感，甚至准备把你当成好朋友，可能说明她情感上有些扭曲，下属徒劳的爱恋让她感到兴奋。