- 1副指揮官；第二把手
The second-in-command is the person with the next highest rank to the leader of a group. If the leader is away, or cannot act, this person steps in. You hear it a lot in the army, the navy, and the police, but companies and sports teams use it too. People sometimes it in speech to two I C, written 2IC, especially in military talk. It names a place in the group, not a skill. The leader is in command; this person is next. Though actually, in a small team the second-in-command may do almost the same daily work as the boss — the title is about who decides when it counts.
second-in-command 指團體中地位僅次於領導者的人，領導者不在或無法行動時，由他接手。這個詞多見於軍隊、海軍與警察，公司和運動隊也會用，軍中有時簡稱 2IC。它說的是團體中的位置，不是能力：領導者掌握指揮權，他排在下一位。在小團隊裡，他的日常工作可能和老闆幾乎一樣，這個頭銜主要決定關鍵時刻由誰拍板。
組成A compound: second (the next after the first) + in command (holding the lead).
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
second-in-commandnoun
- 1
Somebody ranking next below a commander.
- 2
Someone ranking next below the person in charge.
- Allan was first William Buddicom's and then Trevithick's second-in-command, at Edge Hill and at Crewe successively, for the period of 13½ years from February, 1840, to September, 1853, when he left Crewe to become Superintendent of the Scottish Central Railway.
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