acolyte

"He wouldn't have come near us because of his closeness to the Gaddafi regime, because he was an acolyte, " Mr Shamis says.

因为同卡扎菲政权的关系，他不会靠近我们，因为他是个助手

Deng spent the first half of his 76-year career in the party as a Mao acolyte -- and he followed his master in the somewhat cavalier disregard with which he held human life.

在邓七十六年的职业生涯中，有一半时间在党内作为毛的助手，并且同那位主人一样，在某些方面他也同样对于人的生命漠不关心。