servant
英 ['sɜːv(ə)nt]
美['sɝvənt]
英英释义
同义词辨析
考试真题
实用场景例句
近义词char maid chauffeur scullion footman steward housekeeper driver woman man domestic butler valet cook factotum charwoman menial slave daily parlour
反义词
- n. 仆人，佣人；公务员；雇工
- n. (Servant)人名；(西)塞尔万特；(法)塞尔旺
词态变化
复数: servants;
中文词源
servant 仆人，佣人
来自 serve,服务，服侍，-ant,人。
英英释意
- 1. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
- 2. in a subordinate position;
- "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"
- "the state cannot be a servant of the church"
英文词源
- servant (n.)
- c. 1200, "personal or domestic attendant," from Old French servant "servant; foot-soldier," noun use of servant "serving, waiting," present participle of servir "to attend, wait upon" (see serve (v.)).
Meaning "professed lover, one devoted to the service of a lady" is from mid-14c. In North American colonies and U.S., the usual designation for "slave" 17c.-18c. (in 14c.-15c. and later in Biblical translations the word often was used to render Latin servus, Greek doulos "slave"). Public servant is attested from 1670s.
同义词辨析
servant, waiter, attendant
这些名词均含"服务员"之意。
servant： 指吃住在他人家为挣工资而干活的人，也指被雇用的人或指广义的"公仆"。
waiter： 指在饭店、旅馆等处的男服务员，女服务员为waitress。
attendant： 多指跟随某人并为其服务的人。也可指一般意义的"服务员"。
考试真题
- The elevation of the room that once belonged only to the servants to that of design showcase for the modem family tells the story of a century of social change.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- That was as it should be: kitchens were for servants, and the aspiring middle classes wanted nothing to do with them.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- But as the working classes prospered and the servant shortage set in, housekeeping became a matter of interest to the educated classes.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- While few crafts men or farmers, let alone dependents and servants, left literary compositions to be analyzed, it is obvious that their views less fully intellectualized.
出自-2009年考研阅读原文
- If the trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa were alive today, he would probably represent civil servant.
出自-2012年考研阅读原文
- His paternal grandparents, a steward and a housekeeper possessed even less status, having been servants, and Dickens later concealed their background.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文
实用场景例句
- a domestic servant
- 家仆
牛津词典
- They treat their mother like a servant.
- 他们像对待用人一样对待自己的母亲。
牛津词典
- a public servant
- 公务员
牛津词典
- He was willing to make himself a servant of his art.
- 他甘愿献身于自己的艺术。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The new servant was decently dressed.
- 新来的佣人衣着得体.
《简明英汉词典》
- A politician should be a servant of the people.
- 政治家应当是人民的公仆.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The servant presented sandwiches to each guest.
- 仆人把三明治递给了每一位客人.
《用法词典》
- The servant led the visitors in.
- 仆人将客人领进来.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The servant worn a fawning smile.
- 仆人的脸上露出一种谄笑.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Why doesn't the servant come when I call?
- 当我叫的时候,为何仆人没来?
《简明英汉词典》
- The servant blacked his boots.
- 仆人给他的靴子擦黑鞋油.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The entire suspicion fell upon the servant.
- 嫌疑全落在[集中在]这个仆人身上.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The servant bowed the guests out as they left.
- 客人们离去时,仆人躬身送他们出门.
《简明英汉词典》
- Tell the servant to knock me up at five o'clock.
- 告诉仆人五点敲门叫醒我.
《简明英汉词典》
- The old servant fulfilled his master's charge to care for the children.
- 老仆人履行了其主人要他照料孩子的指示.
《简明英汉词典》
- " Please , Sir, missis has made tea,'said a female servant, bobbing into the room.
- 一个女用人走进房来说, “ 先生, 太太已经泡好了茶. ”
《简明英汉词典》
- She acted the role of the perfect servant for three years before aunt Harriet discovered her'little weakness '.
- 在哈丽特姑妈发现她的“小缺点”之前,她把 “ 完美无缺的仆人”这个角色表演了3年.
《用法词典》
- Can I have a word with your missis? " he asked the servant girl.
- 他向女佣人问道: “我能跟你女主人讲句话 吗 ? ”
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Leave this notice hanging on your door, asking the servant to make up your room.
- 留张便条挂在你房门上, 请服务员把你的房间整理一下.
《简明英汉词典》
- The servant walked two or three footsteps behind his master.
- 仆人走在主人后面,相隔两三步.
《简明英汉词典》
- The servant accepted his dismissal without any complaint.
- 那仆人毫无怨言地接受解雇.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He rang for the servant to come up.
- 他鸣铃叫仆人过来.
《简明英汉词典》
- I sent my servant about her business.
- 我把仆人打发走了.
《简明英汉词典》
- The master left his money with a trusty servant.
- 主人把他的钱交给一个可靠的仆人保管.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is a trusted servant of the company.
- 他是公司里可靠的雇员.
《简明英汉词典》
- The servant attends on his master.
- 佣人侍候其主人.
《简明英汉词典》
- The servant had a lazy habit of sweeping the dust under the edge of the mat.
- 仆人有个偷懒的习惯,只扫蹭鞋垫边缘底下的尘土.
《简明英汉词典》