资料来源 : pyDict

次长,副官,中尉下的,次的,副的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Subaltern \Sub*al"tern\, a. [F. subalterne, LL. subalternus, fr.
   L. sub under + alter the one, the other of two. See {Alter}.]
   1. Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior;
      specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being
      below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.

   2. (Logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a
      related proposition.

   {Subaltern genus}. (Logic) See under {Genus}.

Subaltern \Sub*al"tern\, n.
   1. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a
      commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.

   2. (Logic) A subaltern proposition. --Whately.

资料来源 : WordNet®

subaltern
     adj : inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
           corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
           functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {inferior}, {lower},
            {lower-ranking}, {lowly}, {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subordinate}]
     n : a British commissioned army officer below the rank of
         captain