Someone who does whatever a more powerful person tells them to, without their own opinion — and the word says you look down on them for it.

Someone who does whatever a more powerful person tells them to一個不管更有權勢的人叫他做什麼都照做的人, without their own opinion完全沒有自己的想法——and而且 the word這個字 says暗示 you look down on them for it你因此看不起這個人。

Historically a lackey was a real job: a servant in uniform who walked beside a rich man's carriage. That job is gone, but the flavour stayed.

Historically歷史上 a lackeylackey was是 a real job一個真實存在的工作: a servant in uniform who walked beside a rich man's carriage一個穿制服、走在有錢人馬車旁邊的僕人。That job這份工作 is gone已經消失了, but但 the flavour stayed那種味道留了下來。

Today it is nearly always used as an insult in politics, business, or arguments: 'he is just a lackey of the boss', 'the minister's lackeys'. It carries a sting the neutral word 'assistant' does not have — you are saying the person has no mind of their own.

Today今天 it它 is nearly always used幾乎都被當成 as an insult侮辱的話 in politics, business, or arguments用在政治、商業、或爭論裡: 'he is just a lackey of the boss'「他只是老闆的走狗」, 'the minister's lackeys'「部長的一群走狗」。It它 carries a sting帶著一種刺 the neutral word 'assistant' does not have中性字「assistant」沒有的——you你 are saying等於在說 the person has no mind of their own這個人完全沒有自己的想法。

It is often plural, and it usually appears with 'of' or a possessive. Because it is so clearly rude, it belongs in opinion writing, speeches, and heated talk, not in a polite description of someone's job.

It它 is often plural常常是複數形, and而 it它 usually appears with 'of' or a possessive通常會搭配「of」或所有格出現。Because因為 it它 is so clearly rude這麼明顯粗魯, it它 belongs in該用在 opinion writing, speeches, and heated talk評論文章、演講、和激烈的討論裡, not不該用在 in a polite description of someone's job有禮貌地描述某人工作的場合。