基本词汇
n.仆人
n.仆人
名词复数: servants
详情解释
双解释义
英英释义
词典解释
网络解释
noun
1. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
Synonym: retainer
2. in a subordinate position
e.g. theology should be the handmaiden of ethics
the state cannot be a servant of the church
Synonym: handmaidhandmaiden
1. 仆人;用人
A servant is someone who is employed to work at another person's home, for example as a cleaner or a gardener.
2. 提供服务的人(或事物);可以利用的人(或事物)
You can use servant to refer to someone or something that provides a service for people or can be used by them.
e.g. Like any other public servants, police must respond to public demand...
和其他所有公务员一样，警察必须服务于公众的需求。
e.g. The question is whether technology is going to be our servant or our master.
问题是科技将为我们所用还是要驾驭我们。
1. 仆役：这些人自命优秀,对外来者(outsider)采取类似种族隔离的歧视措施,甚至把他们当成奴隶一般的使唤 (但又美其名为仆役(Servant). 此地的首脑是个自命不凡的老女人:第一公民(First Citizen),但议会对她有相当的制衡力量,
常用例句
词汇搭配
经典引文
We had..servants: a cook,..kitchenmaid and chauffeur.
出自：M. Meyer词语用法
词源解说
考研真题例句
His paternal grandparents, a steward and a housekeeper, possessed even less status, having been servants, and Dickens later concealed their background.
他的祖父母，一个管事和一个管家，他们的地位更低，曾经是仆人，狄更斯后来隐藏了他们的背景。
2017英语一
Jimmy Hoffa used to work as a civil servant.
Jimmy Hoffa曾经是一名公务员。
2012英语一
If the trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa were alive today, he would probably represent civil servants.
如果工会成员Jimmy Hoffa今天还活着，他可能会代表公务员。
2012英语一
Only then will they be useful servants and not Frankenstein's out-of-control monster.
只有这样，他们才会成为有用的仆人，而不是Frankenstein的失控的怪物。
2019英语一