assistant

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ Assistant is used in front of titles or jobs to indicate a slightly lower rank. For example, an assistant director is one rank lower than a director in an organization. 助理的 (用在頭啣或職位前，表示級(jí)別略低)[ADJ n]
...the assistant secretary of defence. …助理國防部長。
2. N-COUNT Someone's assistant is a person who helps them in their work. 助理
Kalan called his assistant, Hashim, to take over while he went out. 卡蘭打電話給他的助理哈什姆以在他外出時(shí)接琯。
3. N-COUNT An assistant is a person who works in a shop selling things to customers. 售貨員
The assistant took the book and checked the price on the back cover. 售貨員拿起書，核對(duì)了封底上的價(jià)格。

She's a personal assistant as distinct from a secretary .
Can't we employ someone as an assistant to help with all this paperwork ?
She can't accept she made a mistake and now she's trying to lay the blame on her assistant.
Did you want to talk to the chairman himself, or could his personal assistant help you?
She is looking for a personal assistant with good organizational skills .