| 释义 |
second-in-commandˌsecond-in-comˈmand noun [countable]   - Also on trial was Milko Balev, Zhivkov's former second-in-command.
- As the second-in-command under a nearly incapacitated president, many observers had expected her to take center stage.
- Bureaucrats make good second-in-commands but poor generals.
- Gerard Faggionato, who had acted as the department's director, becomes his second-in-command.
- His second-in-command re-divided the men and sent them back for a second search of the places they had searched before.
- Morris Landlord, 36, the Etireno's second-in-command, said there had been no unaccompanied children on board.
- Not surprisingly, this was piloted by Admiral Sean Hellewell, second-in-command of the club.
a manager who is in a lower position► deputy someone who is immediately below the rank of another manager, and who is officially in charge when that other person is away or ill: deputy director/manager/principal etc: · The deputy director is authorized to act in the director's absence.· He became the deputy head of the FBI at the age of only 36. ► second-in-command a manager who is in charge of an organization or department when a more senior manager is not there: · I left the planning to my second- in-command while I was away.· She had been second- in-command at the nursing home and was now a senior manager in one of the big Boston hospitals. the person who has the next highest rank to the leader of a group, especially in a military organization |