henchman meaning in English
n.
(pl. -men)
1.亲信，心腹；(政治上的)支持者，仆从，捧场者。
2.〔废语〕待从。
Examples
- The company was being run by a group of his henchmen .
公司被一群他的亲信把持着。 - The local bully 's henchmen were his agents in oppressing the people .
土豪劣绅的狗腿子为虎作伥，欺压百姓。 - I've seen his henchmen beat women in the fields with rubber hoses .
我亲眼看见他的心腹在田园里用橡皮管痛打女工。 - This ching was not a real general, of course, but merely a stocky, red-faced wanderer who had chanced to be near beijing one day when the emperor's henchmen required an army in a hurry .
这个姓秦的当然不是什么真的将军，不过是个身强力壮的红脸大汉，有一天在北京附近闲逛时遇上官兵拉去当了壮丁。 - He thrived on the adulation of his henchmen
他是靠下属的奉承而发迹的。