servant

英 [ˈsɜːvənt]

美 [ˈsɜːrvənt]

n.  仆人; 用人; (公司或机构的)雇员，职员; 奴仆般受制(或献身)于…的人; 服务于…的事物

复数：servants　

中考高考CET4CET6考研法律

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1878 / COCA.3938

习惯用语

n.

your obedient servant
• （用作正式信函的结束语）您恭顺的仆人
  used to end a formal letter

牛津词典

noun

• 仆人；用人
  a person who works in another person's house, and cooks, cleans, etc. for them
  1. a domestic servant
     家仆
  2. They treat their mother like a servant.
     他们像对待用人一样对待自己的母亲。
• （公司或机构的）雇员，职员
  a person who works for a company or an organization
  1. a public servant
     公务员
• 奴仆般受制（或献身）于…的人；服务于…的事物
  a person or thing that is controlled by sth
  1. He was willing to make himself a servant of his art.
     他甘愿献身于自己的艺术。

柯林斯词典

• 仆人;用人
  Aservantis someone who is employed to work at another person's home, for example as a cleaner or a gardener.
• See also:Like any other public servants, police must respond to public demand...The question is whether technology is going to be our servant or our master.civil servant

英英释义

noun

• a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
  Synonym:retainer
• in a subordinate position
  1. theology should be the handmaiden of ethics
  2. the state cannot be a servant of the church
  Synonym:handmaidhandmaiden

双语例句

• The civil servant nudged him forward.
  那个文职人员向前推了他一把。
• The servant brushes his hat.
  佣人刷他的帽子。
• How long have you been working as a civil servant?
  你当公务员多久了？
• He's our servant's son, I said.
  他是我家仆人的儿子。我说。
• He is a civil servant.
  他是一个公务员。
• The vicar ran out with his servant.
  牧师和他的仆人跑了出来。
• Daniel arrived in Maryland as an indentured servant.
  丹尼尔作为契约佣工来到马里兰州。
• The servant accepted his dismissal without any complaint.
  那仆人毫无怨言地接受解雇。
• The servant enjoyed his master's confidence.
  这佣人深得主人的信任。
• She couldn't lift a spoon without a servant anticipating her wants and getting it for her
  要是没有仆人事先想她所想并为她准备妥当，她连汤匙也举不起来。