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right-hand man

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌright-hand ˈman noun [singular]  HELPthe person who supports and helps you the most, especially in your job 〔尤指工作中的〕得力助手,左右手 John is Bill’s right-hand man and has put a lot of time into the team. 约翰是比尔的得力助手,为这个团队的工作投入了大量的时间。
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right-hand manHis former Sunderland boss has yet to appoint a right-hand man at Bristol City.Flynn was the nearest John had to a right-hand man.Lord Tebbit, former Tory party chairman and right-hand man to Baroness Thatcher, is backing the plan.Pallid and balding, Vladimiro Montesinos, 56, was Fujimori's intelligence chief and right-hand man.Sammy Williams was my trusted lieutenant, my right-hand man.Though himself the king's cousin, Nithard had another patron too, the king's right-hand man, the seneschal Adalard.Next door to us lived Geoffrey Hamm, Mosley's right-hand man in the area.
From Longman Business Dictionaryright-hand manˌright-hand ˈman noun [singular] the person who supports and helps you most in your jobHe was my right-hand man for 10 years.
ˌright-hand ˈman nounChineseSyllable
who supports you most, the in especially person Business Corpus and helps the


right-hand man
ˌright-hand ˈman noun [singular]
the person who supports and helps you the most, especially in your job:
    John is Bill’s right-hand man and has put a lot of time into the team.


right-hand manBrE /ˌraɪt hænd ˈmæn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌraɪt hænd ˈmæn/ 🔊 noun [singular] a person who helps sb a lot and who they rely on, especially in an important job 左右手;得力助手the President's right-hand man总统的得力助手