underling是什么意思？

underling

英[ˈʌndəlɪŋ] 美[ˈʌndərlɪŋ]

• n. <贬>下属，走卒；

复数：underlings;

例句

• a fawning underling 谄媚者
• The underling mechanism of species diversity on primary production and ecosystem stability was different. 物种多样性对于生产力和稳定性的作用机制并不相同,超产和稳定性之间并不必然存在联系.
• Some speakers, if they're reading from a complete text, underling the words they want to emphasize. 有的演说者在诵读全文的时候, 在他们想要强调的词下面划线.
• Every underling feared him. 所有的手下都怕他。

英语四级真题

Underling all this growth will be the demand for energy, which is expected to double over the next 40 years.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  跟班儿；手下；羽翼；喽啰；走卒
  You refer to someone as an underling when 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.
  例句
  Every underling feared him. 所有的手下都怕他。 ...underlings who do the dirty work. 行卑劣之事的走卒

英汉词典释义

• n.
  <贬>下属,走卒
  a fawning underling 谄媚者

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another