assistant
US: /əˈsɪstənt/
UK: /ɐsˈɪstənt/
UK: /ɐsˈɪstənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
assistant /ə'sistənt/
- danh từ
- người giúp đỡ, người phụ tá
- trợ giáo; (pháp lý) viên phụ thẩm
- người bán hàng ((cũng) shop assistant)
- tính từ
- giúp đỡ, phụ, phó
- assistant surgeon: người phụ mổ
- assistant manager: phó giám đốc
- giúp đỡ, phụ, phó
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective
+ noun
1 a person who helps or supports sb, usually in their job: My assistant will now demonstrate the machine in action. + a senior research assistant + She works as a care assistant in an old people's home. + administrative / clerical / production assistants
See also -
2 (BrE) = SHOP ASSISTANT: a sales assistant in a department store + Maybe one of our assistants can help you make your choice?
3 (BrE) a student at university or college who spends time in a foreign country teaching their language in a school
+ adjective [only before noun] (abbreviation Asst) (often in titles) having a rank below a senior person and helping them in their work: the assistant manager + Assistant Chief Constable Owen + Assistant Attorney General William Weld(also assistant) (both BrE) (AmE sales clerk, clerk)
+ noun
a person whose job is to serve customers in a shop/store
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 helper, helpmate or helpmeet, aid, aide; aide-de-camp, second:
These systems make use of rhymes as assistants to the memory.
2 deputy, subordinate, subsidiary, auxiliary; underling:
He is now the assistant to the sales manager.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
chief, senior | personal
I'll ask my personal assistant to deal with this.
| administrative, care, catering, checkout, clerical, laboratory, library, production, research, sales, shop, technical
She took up a post as research assistant in the Department of Pharmacology.
VERB + ASSISTANT
employ (sb as), have
She had a clerical assistant to do her paperwork.
| get, hire (sb as), recruit (sb as)
I'm getting a new assistant next month.
| sack
PREP.
~ to
assistant to the Production Manager
JOB:
be, work as ~
She's a well-known writer. Her father, a trained chef, now works as a bus driver.
study to be, train as, train to be ~
She trained as a painter and sculptor.
start (work) as ~
He started work as a trainee chef.
become, qualify as ~
She qualified as a vet last year.
employ (sb as), have
The company employs more than 1500 engineers.
engage (sb as), get, hire (sb as), recruit, take on ~
They have recruited a new designer.
appoint, appoint sb (as), make sb ~
are usually used with academic, official or highly responsible jobs:He was appointed Professor of Law at Yale. At 39 she was made chairman of the board.
dismiss, fire, sack ~
The club have sacked their coach.
Concise English dictionary
assistants-tənt
noun
+a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
adj.
+of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
