assistant

Word family  noun assistance assistant verb assist

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++as·sis·tant1 /əˈsɪstənt/ ●●○ W3 adjective  assistant manager/director/cook etc MANAGERsomeone whose job is just below the level of manager etc 经理/主任/厨师等助理

Examples from the Corpus

assistant• He was a red-blooded assistant bank manager.• Noll, an assistant coach with the Colts, was hired by the Steelers as head coach.• The assistant commissioner reported troubles with the farmers, but much more with the labourers.• Hurt was quickly hired, and several weeks later Friedman selected Harry Lawrence Clark as an assistant cryptographic clerk.• The, the, the late director was pushed and knocked down I guess when he was assistant director.• Calls to assistant general manager Mike Port came at a bad time.• My mother is assistant principal at a school in Washington, D.C.assistant2 ●●○ W3 noun [countable]  1  WORKERsomeone who helps someone else in their work, especially by doing the less important jobs 助手，助理，副手 a clerical assistant 文书助理2. SHOP/STORE British English a shop assistant 商店店员 → personal assistant

Examples from the Corpus

assistant• Winston got a job as assistant manager at Wal-Mart.• Five days later, Lee, who was by then an executive assistant, was fired.• The dentist had her assistant sterilise the instruments.• He and his assistants hung around shopping malls and city streets, eavesdropping on whoops and hoots.• He implies that pay and conditions for personal assistants rely on the exploitation of staff for their cost-effectiveness.• Everybody had personal assistants whether they needed them or not.• Other senior men took their personal assistants with them when changing jobs.• In fact, the access badge given to Lakers public-relations assistant Raymond Ridder features a Clippers logo.• Hughes, who was Mott's assistant, will now become head coach.• a sales assistant• Lydia is the assistant to the Director of Finance.• The assistant put them in a paper bag and Tom handed them to him.• The goal of these assistants is to become something like the office computer guru.From Longman Business Dictionaryassistantas‧sis‧tant /əˈsɪstənt/ noun [countable]JOB1 (also shop assistant), or sales assistant someone who sells things in a shopSYN AmE sales clerka shop assistant in the men’s department of a large store2someone whose job is to help someone else of higher rank do their jobmanager Jean Cundy and her assistant Cherrie Elliottassistant toan assistant to a stud-farm managerI spoke to the assistant director.IBM’s assistant general manager → administrative assistant → clerical assistant → executive assistant → personal assistant3someone who works in a bank, office etc but who is not a managerBank assistants cannot afford to live on their current basic salary.

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assistant

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as‧sis‧tant¹ /əˈsɪstənt/ adjective
assistant manager/director/cook etc someone whose job is just below the level of manager etc

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assistant² S3 noun [countable]1. someone who helps someone else in their work, especially by doing the less important jobs:
    a clerical assistant
2. British English a shop assistant
⇨ personal assistant
     

THESAURUS

■ describing someone’s position in an organization
   ▪ senior used about someone who has an important position in an organization. Senior can also be used about someone who has a higher position than you in an organization: a senior executive | She’s a senior partner in a law firm. | She is senior to me.
   ▪ chief [only before noun] used, especially in job titles, about someone who has the most important or one of the most important positions in an organization: Carole is the company’s chief financial officer. | He’s the chief economist at Hangseng Bank.
   ▪ high-ranking [only before noun] used about someone who has a high position in an organization such as the government, the army, or the police: high-ranking government officials | a high-ranking police officer
   ▪ top [only before noun] used about someone who is very good, important, or successful in their job: a top lawyer | He’s one of the President’s top aides. | top diplomats
   ▪ junior used about someone who has a low position in an organization. Junior can also be used about someone who has a lower position than you in an organization: a junior clerk | a junior doctor | His role as naval officer was junior to Nelson.
   ▪ assistant [only before noun] an assistant manager, director, editor etc has a position just below a manager etc: He’s an assistant professor of neurology at Harvard University. | She became assistant director at the Belgrade Theatre.