英语单词 | servant |
---|---|
英美音标 | 英 ['sɜːvənt] 美 ['sɜːrvənt] |
中文释义 | n.仆人 |
英语例句 | (1) Satan is still a servant of God. (2) The servant enjoyed his master's confidence. (3) He is a humble and submissive servant. (4) A politician should be a servant of the people. |
中文例句 | (1) 撒旦仍是上帝的奴仆。 (2) 这仆人深得主人的信赖。 (3) 他是个恭顺的仆人。 (4) 政治家应是人民的公仆。 |
vocabulary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! |
vocabulary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. |
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.
|
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Addition item classes added n-uncount 不可数名词 英 ə'dɪʃn] 美
Previous card: Garbage trash threw smell throw english call n-uncount
Up to card list: 17641 COCA words