Assistant Person əˈsɪstənt Noun Helps Job Titles Lower
The word "assistant" can function as an adjective, denoting a subordinate rank or role (e.g., Assistant Secretary). As a noun, it refers to a helper in a job, a retail employee (shop assistant), or a student teaching their language abroad (British English).
The word "assistant" can be used as an adjective to describe a rank or position that is slightly lower than the main one, such as an "Assistant Director". It can also be used as a noun in several ways: to refer to someone who helps another person with their work, like a personal helper; to refer to a shop employee who serves customers, like a "sales assistant"; or in British English, it can refer to a student who teaches their native language abroad.
[ADJ 形容词]（用于头衔或职务前，表示级别略低）助理的，副的Assistant is used in front of titles or jobs to indicate a slightly lower rank. For example, an assistant director is one rank lower than a director in an organization.
[ADJ n]
...the Assistant Secretary of Defense.
助理国防部长
...a young assistant professor at Harvard.
年轻的哈佛助理教授
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]助手；助理；副手 Someone's assistant is a person who helps them in their work.
Kalan called his assistant, Hashim, to take over while he went out...
考兰叫助理哈希姆在自己外出时代理其职。
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]店员；售货员 An assistant is a person who works in a shop selling things to customers.
The assistant took the book and checked the price on the back cover...
店员拿起书，核对了一下封底的定价。
She got a job as a sales assistant selling handbags.
她得到了一份手提包售货员的工作。
Oxford
as·sist·ant★AWL/əˈsɪstənt; NAmEəˈsɪstənt/
noun
,
adjective
assistantassistantsnoun★1★a person who helps or supports sb, usually in their job 助理；助手◆My assistant will now demonstrate the machine in action.现在我的助手将演示机器运转情况。◆a senior research assistant高级研究助理☞see also
PDA
,
personal assistant
,
teaching assistant
2★( BrE) =
sales clerk
,
shop assistant
◆a sales assistant in a department store一名百货公司售货员3( BrE) a student at university or college who spends time in a foreign country teaching his or her own language in a school 助教（在国外留学的大学生，教授本国语）adjective★[only before noun ](abbr.Asst )( often in titles 常用于头衔) having a rank below a senior person and helping them in their work 助理的；副的◆the assistant manager协理◆Assistant Chief Constable Owen助理警察局长欧文◆Assistant Attorney General William Weld助理检察总长威廉 · 韦尔德as·sist·ant/əˈsɪstənt; NAmEəˈsɪstənt/
LDC
assistant1 adjective
assistant2 noun
assistantas‧sis‧tant1 /əˈsɪstənt/ ●●○W3 adjective
Examples
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Phrases
assistant manager/director/cook etc someone whose job is just below the level of manager etc
assistant1 adjective
assistant2 noun
assistantassistant2 ●●○W3 noun [countable]
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1someone who helps someone else in their work, especially by doing the less important jobs: a clerical assistant2 British English a shop assistant →
personal assistant
WDF
assistant
[əˈsɪstənt]
CET4CET6TEM4考研TOEFL
n2722
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1284
2601
2578
4001
2414
j2843
12483
1777
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NOUN3070
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ADJ3471
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assistants[2542]
辅助的(72%)，副的(28%)
n.助手，助理，助教
adj.辅助的，助理的；有帮助的
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