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。

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As the Economist went to press, it was widely expected to be his second-in-command, Lloyd Blankfein, who comes from the trading side of the business.

在《经济学家》即将付印时，广泛的意见是继任者将为他的副手，来自公司交易部门的劳埃德·布兰克·费恩。

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He was posted to Hong Kong as second-in-command of C Squadron.

他被派到香港任C中队的副队长。

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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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