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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as·sis·tant \\-tənt\\ noun DATE 15th century : a person who assists : helper ; also : a person holding an assistantship• assistant adjective English Etymology assistant 1540s, "one who helps another," from pp. adj. (c.1400), from O.Fr . assistant (adj. and n.), lit. prp. of assister, from L.assistantem, prp. of assistare (see assist).http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ assistant as·sist·ant / E5sistEnt / noun1. 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) = 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 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English assistant noun ADJ. chief, senior | personal I'll ask my personal assistant to deal with this. | administrative, care, catering, checkout, clerical, laboratory, library, production, research, sales, shop, technical She took up a post as research assistant in the Department of Pharmacology. VERB + ASSISTANT employ (sb as), have She had a clerical assistant to do her paperwork. | get, hire (sb as), recruit (sb as) I'm getting a new assistant next month. | sack PREP. ~ to assistant to the Production Manager • Note at JOB OLT assistant noun ⇨ assistant (a personal assistant)⇨ salesman (a sales assistant) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: assistant professor , or shop assistant , or personal digital assistant , or physician's assistant , or curate's assistant as·sist·ant I. \-tənt\ adjective Etymology: Middle English assistant (from Middle French, present participle of assister) & assistent, from Latin assistent-, assistens, present participle of assistere 1. : giving aid or support : helpful , auxiliary < the guilty trade and the innocent manufacture were mutually assistant in more ways than one — G.M.Trevelyan > 2. : acting as a subordinate to another : having a subordinate position or rank < an assistant editor > < an assistant minister > II. noun (-s) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Middle French assistant) of Middle English assistent, from Latin assistent-, assistens 1. archaic : one who is present : spectator 2. a. : one who assists : helper < my close associate and invaluable assistant throughout the struggle > b. : one who acts as a subordinate to another or as an official in a subordinate capacity < accepted a post as resident assistant in a large hospital > < was elected assistant and was for three years the only other officer — R.G.Usher > c. : a member usually of the lowest rank of a college or university faculty whose duties may include grading papers, supervising laboratories, or teaching classes < was appointed assistant in English > 3. : a means of help : auxiliary < rhyme is an assistant to memory > 4. : a substance that aids in the processing of textile fibers; especially : a substance (as sodium sulfate) added to a dyebath for helping fix the dye or mordant to the yarn or fabric, for promoting level dyeing, or for promoting exhaustion of the dyebath |
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