大副简单的理解就是第一副船长,可以在船长无法指挥的时候接替船长指挥全船,大副也不行了,就二副顶上。当然,现实中几乎不会发生这种情况,即使船沉没了,怕是大副也没有机会晋升船长了。所以平时,大副,二副,三副,全部都有自己的具体职责,当然,当船长正在睡觉或者生病没有出现的时候,如果大副在,则大副即是指挥官。
n. mate
misc. chief officer ; first mate
尼布斯和约翰是大副和二副。
船上的大副说:“我们必须祷告。”
轮船船长、大副和领航员也比人们想象中赚的多。
Water vessel captains, mates and pilots also make a boatload more than one might think.
There were four in the crew, Dudley was the captain, Stevens was the first mate, Brooks was a sailor, all men of excellent character or so the newspaper account tells us.
全体船员一行四人,达德利是船长,斯蒂芬斯是大副,布鲁克斯是水手,都是品德高尚的人,至少报上是这么说的。
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