second in command

基本解释

Mordecai, a Jew in exile, refused to bow to Haman, second in command to King Ahasuerus.
末底改是一个被掳的犹太人，拒绝向亚哈随鲁王的第一宠臣哈曼跪拜。
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This same development is the reason why the principal of a school is not the second in command, but the overall school manager.
同样地，我们可以解释为何中学校长（principal）并非学校里的二把手，他就是学校的总管。
The news comes during the same week Facebook’s second-in command, Sheryl Sandberg, is visiting the UK to deliver a speech at the London School of Economics.
该调查出炉的同一周，恰逢Facebook的“二把手”谢丽尔•桑德博格到访英国并在伦敦政治经济学院发表演讲。
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An Iraqi government official says al-Qaida in Iraq's second in command has been captured.
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As president, he was Chief Executive Carly Fiorina 's second in command, responsible for day-to-day operations.
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So was Paul Revere, who was second in command of an artillery regiment of the Massachusetts militia.
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