subaltern
英 ['s?b(?)lt(?)n]
美[s?'b?lt?n]
- n. 中尉；副官；部下
- adj. 次的；陸軍中尉的
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?subalterns;
助記提示
1. sub- "under" + altern-.
2. => person of inferior rank.
3. => 也就是在下面處于可替換位置的職位或職銜。
中文詞源
subaltern 陸軍中尉sub-,在下，向上，-altern,輪流的，詞源同 alternate.用于軍隊(duì)銜級指陸軍中尉。
英文詞源
- subaltern (n.)
- "junior military officer," 1680s, earlier more generally, "person of inferior rank" (c. 1600), noun use of adjective subaltern "having an inferior position, subordinate" (1580s), from Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub "under" (see sub-) + alternus "every other (one), one after the other" (see alternate (adj.)).