[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
civil servant
;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.
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。
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。
Oxford
ser·vant★/ˈsɜːvənt; NAmEˈsɜːrvənt/noun1★a person who works in another person's house, and cooks, cleans, etc. for them 仆人;用人◆a domestic servant家仆◆They treat their mother like a servant.他们像对待佣人一样对待自己的母亲。2a person who works for a company or an organization (公司或机构的)雇员,职员◆a public servant公务员☞see also
civil servant
3a person or thing that is controlled by sth 奴仆般受制(或献身)于…的人;服务于…的事物◆He was willing to make himself a servant of his art.他甘愿献身于自己的艺术。IDIOMsee
1someone, especially in the past, who was paid to clean someone’s house, cook for them, answer the door etc, and who often lived in the house: Many young girls became domestic servants.2servant of somebody/something someone who is controlled by someone or something – often used to show disapproval: Are we the servants of computers? →
civil servant
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n.仆人,佣人;公务员;雇工
n.(Servant)人名;(西)塞尔万特;(法)塞尔旺
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