assistant

noun

/əˈsɪstənt/

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a person who helps or supports somebody, usually in their job
- My assistant will now demonstrate the machine in action.
- a senior research assistant
- She works as a care assistant in an old people's home.
- I work part-time as a classroom assistant in my local primary school.
- He was working as a special assistant to the president.
see also graduate assistant, personal assistant, physician's assistant, teaching assistant, voice assistant
Extra Examples
- She had a clerical assistant to do her paperwork.
- She is assistant to the Production Manager.
- He worked as an assistant to the Sales Director.
Topics Educationa2, Jobsa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- chief
- senior
- deputy
- …
verb + assistant
- employ (somebody as)
- have
- get
- …
preposition
- assistant to
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(also shop assistant (both British English), sales clerk, clerk (both North American English))
a person whose job is to serve customers in a shop
- an assistant in a department store
- Maybe one of our assistants can help you make your choice?
Wordfinder
- assistant
- buy
- counter
- display
- fitting room
- promotion
- sale
- shop
- store
- till
Topics Shoppinga2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- chief
- senior
- deputy
- …
verb + assistant
- employ (somebody as)
- have
- get
- …
preposition
- assistant to
See full entry
(British English) a student at university or college who spends time in a foreign country teaching his or her own language in a schoolTopics Educationc1

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin assistent- ‘taking one's stand beside’, from the verb assistere, from ad- ‘to, at’ + sistere ‘take one's stand’.

assistant

adjective

/əˈsɪstənt/

[only before noun] often in titles

(abbreviation Asst)

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having a rank below that of a senior person and helping them in their work
- the assistant manager/director/commissioner
- She is an assistant professor of psychology at Ohio State University.
- Assistant Chief Constable Owen
- Assistant Attorney General William Weld
- a former assistant Secretary of State
- an assistant coach/editor
Topics Jobsa2
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin assistent- ‘taking one's stand beside’, from the verb assistere, from ad- ‘to, at’ + sistere ‘take one's stand’.

单词	assistant
释义	assistant noun /əˈsɪstənt/ /əˈsɪstənt/ jump to other results a person who helps or supports somebody, usually in their job My assistant will now demonstrate the machine in action. a senior research assistant She works as a care assistant in an old people's home. I work part-time as a classroom assistant in my local primary school. He was working as a special assistant to the president. see also graduate assistant, personal assistant, physician's assistant, teaching assistant, voice assistant Extra Examples She had a clerical assistant to do her paperwork. She is assistant to the Production Manager. He worked as an assistant to the Sales Director. Topics Educationa2, Jobsa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective chief senior deputy … verb + assistant employ (somebody as) have get … preposition assistant to See full entry (also shop assistant (both British English), sales clerk, clerk (both North American English)) a person whose job is to serve customers in a shop an assistant in a department store Maybe one of our assistants can help you make your choice? Wordfinder assistant buy counter display fitting room promotion sale shop store till Topics Shoppinga2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective chief senior deputy … verb + assistant employ (somebody as) have get … preposition assistant to See full entry (British English) a student at university or college who spends time in a foreign country teaching his or her own language in a schoolTopics Educationc1 Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin assistent- ‘taking one's stand beside’, from the verb assistere, from ad- ‘to, at’ + sistere ‘take one's stand’. assistant adjective /əˈsɪstənt/ /əˈsɪstənt/ [only before noun] often in titles (abbreviation Asst) jump to other results having a rank below that of a senior person and helping them in their work the assistant manager/director/commissioner She is an assistant professor of psychology at Ohio State University. Assistant Chief Constable Owen Assistant Attorney General William Weld a former assistant Secretary of State an assistant coach/editor Topics Jobsa2 Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin assistent- ‘taking one's stand beside’, from the verb assistere, from ad- ‘to, at’ + sistere ‘take one's stand’.
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