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n.仆人

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servant为高中词汇   词频:1931

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serv=to serve(服务),to keep(保持)

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servant


/'sɜ:vənt; `sɝvənt/
n
1 person who works in sb else's household for wages, and often for food and lodging 用人; 仆人; 佣人
*have/employ a large staff of servants 有[雇用]大批用人.
2 ~ (of sb/sth)
(a) employee, esp a faithful and devoted one 雇员(尤指忠心耿耿的)
*a trusted servant of the company 公司里可靠的雇员.
(b) person devoted to sb/sth 忠于某人[某事物]的人
*a servant of Jesus Christ, eg a Christian priest 耶稣基督的忠仆(如牧师).
3 (idm 习语) your obedient servant => obedient.

servant


n[C]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French;Origin: , present participle of servir; SERVE1]
someone, 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 .
servant of sth/sb
someone who is controlled by someone or something - often used to show disapproval
 Are we the servants of computers?
civil servant
1. The servant´s mistress was horrified and threatened to dismiss the girl at once.
    那个仆人的女主人受到了惊吓并威胁说要立即把那个姑娘打发走。

2. He is a civil servant.
    他是公务员。

3. He made himself out as a servant.
    他把自己打扮成一个仆人。

4. Am I a servant?"
    难道我是佣人?”

5. She acted the role of the perfect servant for three years before Aunt Harriet discovered her ´little weakness´.
    她担任"理想仆人"角色3年之后,哈丽特终于发现她有"小小的弱点"。

6. She carried on an unrelenting search for the ideal servant to the end of her days,
    她却继续毫不放松地寻找称心的仆人,一直到她死去。

7. Money is a good servant but a bad master.
    要做金钱的主人,莫作金钱的奴隶。

8. She carried on an unrelenting search for the ideal servant to the end of her days, even after she had been sadly disillusioned by Bessie.
    另一方面她又持之以恒地寻找一个理想的佣人。即使在贝西大大地伤她的心之后,她还在找,一直到她死去。

9. "The poor lady was horrified to learn that the lice who lived in the servant´s hair also inhabited her own, "Humboldt confided to his journal.
    “那位可怜的贵妇得知仆人头上生的虱子在她头上也有的时候,吓得目瞪口呆,”洪堡在他的日志里透露道。

10. On one occasion Humboldt took a louse from a servant´s hair and put it under the microscope.
    一次,洪堡从一个仆人的头上拿下一只虱子放到了显微镜的下面。

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