servantnoun
仆人；用人
a person who works in another person's house, and cooks, cleans, etc. for them
a domestic servant
家仆
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
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
He was willing to make himself a servant of his art.
他甘愿献身于自己的艺术。
used to end a formal letter
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N-COUNT 仆人;用人
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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.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。
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She kept the servant because of his good conduct / behaviour .
仆人行为可嘉，被她留了下来。
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The entire suspicion fell upon the servant .
嫌疑全落在[集中在]这个仆人身上。
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They treat their mother like a servant .
他们像对待用人一样对待自己的母亲。
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Servants are now almost extinct in modern society .
在现代社会里奴仆已近乎不复存在。
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He 's a local government administrator , that is to say a civil servant .
他是地方政府的行政官员，也就是公务员。
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His work as a civil servant was a cover for his activities as a spy .
他以公务员的工作作为搞间谍活动的掩护。
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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。
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The government has decided to increase salaries for all civil servants .
政府已决定给所有公务员加薪。
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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。
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He said that public servants should use government to serve and not to cash in .
他说，公务员应该运用政府权力为民服务，而不是从中捞取好处。
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A former Finance Minister and five senior civil servants are accused of fraud .
一名前财政大臣和五名高级公务员被指控诈骗。
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Last year , a civil servant was imprisoned for leaking a document to the press
去年，一名公务员因向报界泄露了一份文件而被判入狱。
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There were plenty of servants to wait on her
有很多仆人服侍她。
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The civil servant 's expression , however , did not change , not so much as by a flicker
然而，那位公务员的表情还是那样，丝毫没变。
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The minister warned that any civil servant not at his desk faced immediate suspension
部长警告说，任何擅离职守的公务员都会被立即停职。
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He was a loyal , distinguished and very competent civil servant .
他是一位敬业、优秀而且非常称职的公务员。
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They 've been spoon-fed , provided with a house , servants , bank balance .
他们一直娇生惯养，房子、仆人、银行存款一应俱全。
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You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory .
公务员办事拖沓，你可能认为政治家会把事情顺利解决。
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Jackie disdained the servants that her millions could buy .
杰姬鄙视那些她用钱就可以收买的奴仆。
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The civil servant nudged him forward .
那个文职人员向前推了他一把。
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Hundreds of junior civil servants have to be put up in hotel rooms and temporary hostels
数百名初级文职官员只能被安排到旅馆和临时青年招待所过夜。
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Junior and middle-ranking civil servants have pledged to join the indefinite strike .
基层和中层公务员已承诺要加入到无限期罢工中来。
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Public scrutiny had brought civil servants out from the backroom and into the spotlight .
公众监督把公务员从幕后带到了公众关注之下。
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The police are the only civil servants who have to swear allegiance to the Crown
警察是唯一要宣誓效忠君主的公务员。
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Dozens of servants had catered to his every whim .
几十个仆人迎合他所有稀奇古怪的念头。
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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。
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He waved the servants out of the tent .
他挥手让仆人们退到帐篷外。
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African-Americans were often typecast as servants , entertainers or criminals .
非裔美国人经常被指定扮演仆人、笑星或罪犯的角色。
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Daniel arrived in Maryland as an indentured servant .
丹尼尔作为契约佣工来到马里兰州。
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She was attended by servants in splendid livery and powdered wigs .
她由穿着华丽制服、头戴扑粉假发的仆人们伺候着。
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