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servant n.仆人 If you’re a servant, you serve someone else. In that 1930s mystery novel, chances are the rich family had servants to set the table and do the laundry. Nowadays, calling someone who does those things a servant has an insulting connotation. If you think your hard work gets no respect, you might feel like a servant. But people who work for the government like to be called "public servants," because they serve the good of public and not themselves. ★★★☆☆ 2012.4

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['sə:vənt] A servant works at someone’s home, often doing lowly tasks. You might feel like a servant when your mom insists that you do the dishes before you can do anything fun, but think how she feels cooking dinner every day!  If the trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa were alive today, he would probably represent civil servant. 1[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. 2[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。

英语单词	servant
英美音标	['sə:vənt]
中文释义	n.仆人
vocab简明	A servant works at someone’s home, often doing lowly tasks. You might feel like a servant when your mom insists that you do the dishes before you can do anything fun, but think how she feels cooking dinner every day!
vocab扩展	If you’re a servant, you serve someone else. In that 1930s mystery novel, chances are the rich family had servants to set the table and do the laundry. Nowadays, calling someone who does those things a servant has an insulting connotation. If you think your hard work gets no respect, you might feel like a servant. But people who work for the government like to be called "public servants," because they serve the good of public and not themselves.
真题原句	If the trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa were alive today, he would probably represent civil servant.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [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. 2 [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。
来源	2012.4

Servant Work Public Home Feel Serve People N Count