servant
servant
英[ˈsɜːvənt]美[ˈsɜːrvənt]
n.仆人，佣人，雇工，[美]奴仆，奴隶，官吏，公务员，服务员，随员，献身…的人；
复数：servants;
例句
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。
He is a trusted servant of the company.他是公司里可靠的雇员。
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。
The servant walked two or three footsteps behind his master.仆人走在主人后面, 相隔两三步。
a rather dumpy, unprepossessing servant相当矮胖，不讨人喜欢的仆人
The new servant was decently dressed.新来的佣人衣着得体。
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。
Why doesn't the servant come when I call?当我叫的时候, 为何仆人没来?
A servant is known by his master's absence.主人不在可以看出仆人的品行来。出自：英语谚语
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.不做金钱的主人，就会做金钱的奴隶。出自：英语谚语
英语六级真题
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月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
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.
N-COUNT
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.
例句
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。英汉词典释义
n.
仆人, 佣人
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。雇员, 公务人员
He is a trusted servant of the company.他是公司里可靠的雇员。奴仆般受制（或献身）于…的人；服务于…的事物
英英词典释义
Noun
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"行业词典
法律： 国家公务员；
