1.someone who is next in rank to the person in charge of something
1.He had been designated as the Egyptian government's second in command to quell the riots of the country's population, but this did not work.
他当初被指定担任埃及政府的二把手是为了平息该国的民众暴动，但此举并未奏效。
2.His second in command, General David Rodriguez, and U. S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry are preparing to leave the country as well.
他的副手罗德里格斯将军和美国驻阿富汗大使艾肯伯里，也都准备要离开阿富汗。
3.Seven days later, their second-in-command came to me with a signed letter written in both Somali and English.
7天以后，他们的副司令员拿着用索马里语和英语写就的签名信登门见我。
4.Al-Qaida's second-in-command says an offer the group made to President Bush for a conditional truce is still on the table.
表示，该组织向布什总统提出的休战协议依然有效。
5.At the time, Honors was the ship's executive officer, or second-in-command.
当时，昂纳斯是这艘航空母舰的执行官，即第二把手。
6.A senior United States official has said the second-in-command of al-Qaeda has been killed in Pakistan.
美国一名高级官员称，基地组织“第二指挥官”已经在巴基斯坦被杀死。
7.The move ensures that a former head of state, an ex-foreign minister and his wife and the Khmer's second-in-command will face trial.
这一控告将使一位前国家元首，前外长及其妻子，以及高棉的二把手面临审讯。
8.The bomber was a trusted CIA double-agent who had been given the task of tracking down Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second-in-command.
袭击者是打入中情局内部的双面间谍，曾被委派抓捕基地组织第二头目扎瓦西里的任务。
9.He was the second-in-command to Osama Bin Laden, who was killed in an American raid in Pakistan last month.
艾曼扎瓦赫里是仅次于本•拉登的恐怖主义头目。上个月，本•拉登在美国驻巴基斯坦的空袭中被击毙。
10.His exhortations to increase military spending were rejected by Prime Minister Baldwin and his second-in-command, Chamberlain.
他呼吁提高军事支出，却被鲍尔温总理和他的副将张伯伦拒绝。