The salesman had been accompanied to the meeting by an assistant.是什么意思？

The salesman had been accompanied to the meeting by an assistant.

营销人员在助手的陪同下参加了会议。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

salesman

n. 推销员，售货员，店员；

例句
The salesman had been accompanied to the meeting by an assistant.
营销人员在助手的陪同下参加了会议。

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

been

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去分词 ），在，存在，不受干扰，去过了，be的过去分词；

例句
Have you been able to have any kind of contact?...
你联系上了吗？

accompanied

v. 陪伴( accompany的过去式和过去分词 )，陪同，伴随…同时发生，伴奏；

例句
She was accompanied by her younger brother...
她由弟弟陪着。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

meeting

n. 会议，聚会，汇合点，运动会；v. 相遇( meet的现在分词)，相识，开会，接触（某物）；

例句
The threat is likely to remain in abeyance until next year's meeting in Reykjavik.
这一威胁很可能会一直存在下去，直至明年的雷克雅未克会议。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

an

art. 一（在元音字母前代替不定代词a），一任一某一，一个；

例句
He started eating an apple...
他开始吃苹果。

assistant

n. 助手，助理，[化学]（染色的）助剂，辅助物，店员，伙计；adj. 助理的，辅助的，有帮助的，副的；

例句
Her assistant was accused of theft and fraud by the police...
她的助手被警方指控犯有盗窃和欺诈罪。