underlings是什么意思？

underlings

英['ʌndəlɪŋz] 美['ʌndəlɪŋz]

• n. <贬>下属，走卒( underling的名词复数 )；

例句

• You are a manager now. Make sure to treat your underlings well. 你现在是个经理了. 一定要好好待自己的属下.
• These " underlings, " though coming from many different places, were bound together by a common fate. 他们这般人来自四面八方, 可是被相同的命运团结在一起.
• Underlings fawn on their bosses. 奴才巴结主子.
• I know one investment banking boss who penalises underlings for lobbying crassly. 我认识的一位投行老板就会惩罚那些过分游说的下级.
• ...underlings who do the dirty work. 行卑劣之事的走卒

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