handmaiden

美 [ˈhændmeɪdn]英 [ˈhændmeɪdn]
  • n.侍女;根基;基础;女用人

复数: handmaidens

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noun

1

女用人;侍女
a female servant

2

根基;基础
something that supports and helps sth else

Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences.

数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。

handmaiden

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 侍女;女仆
    A handmaiden is a female servant.

  • 2
    N-COUNT 起服务作用的东西;辅助;支持
    If one thing is the handmaiden of another, the first thing helps the second or makes it possible.

    The fear is that science could become the handmaiden of industry.

    人们担心的是科学会成为工业的仆人。

noun

1
a personal maid or female attendant
Synonym: handmaid
2
in a subordinate position
theology should be the handmaiden of ethics
the state cannot be a servant of the church
Synonym: handmaid servant

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  1. She is pretty for a princess , let alone a handmaiden .

    她美得都能做公主了,更别提侍女了。

  2. Theodore Roosevelt stated in his First message to Congress that " Reciprocity must be treated as the handmaiden of protection . "

    西奥多.罗斯福在他首次给国会的信息中指出“互惠必须被视为保护主义的侍女。”

  3. Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences .

    数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。

  4. The fear is that science could become the handmaiden of industry .

    人们担心的是科学会成为工业的仆人。

  5. My handmaiden will let us out .

    我的婢女会把你们带出去的。

  6. Technique is the handmaiden of art .

    技巧乃艺术之依托。

  7. Many doctors still treat nurses as their handmaidens instead of as qualified professionals in their own right .

    许多医生仍把护士当作女仆,而不认为她们有权被看作是合格的专职人员。

  8. His historical sweep made necessity appear as the handmaiden of the statesman 's perception .

    他精通历史,好象历史必然性都变成了供这位远见卓识的政治家差遣的女仆。

  9. Men were not considered lazy and women were not seen as their oppressed handmaidens .

    那时女人不会认为男人很懒,而男人也不会视女人为自己的仆人。

  10. What about " I like not working and having no opinions and being everyone 's handmaiden " ?

    你怎么不说“我喜欢不工作,没有思想,当所有人的女仆”?

  11. Handmaiden : Miss Blair , maybe you pick up phone , call your papa .

    Blair小姐,也许你该打个电话给你爸爸。

  12. It might be crazy to believe that government policy will be something more than the handmaiden of the most powerful interests .

    相信政府的决策不仅仅是强大利益集团的仆役,也许是愚蠢的。

  13. Cleopatra committed suicide and the handmaidens committed suicide .

    克利奥帕特拉自杀了,她的女仆自杀了。

  14. Paradoxically , equality in the Nordic countries has functioned as the handmaiden of creative destruction .

    事实可能是,北欧国家的平等发挥了帮助创造性破坏(creativedestruction)的作用。

  15. When they 're discovered , Cleopatra is dead , and her handmaidens are dying .

    当她们被发现时,克利奥帕特拉已经死亡。她的两位女仆也快不行了。

  16. For a handmaiden , I mean .

    我是说,作为侍女。

  17. The goddess Hera is attended by her handmaiden Iris .

    女神赫拉是出席由她的婢女虹膜。

  18. Theology should be the handmaiden of ethics .

    神学应该从属于伦理学。

  19. Vanessa : " Handmaiden " is Jane Austen for " slave . "

    女仆就是JaneAusten笔下的奴隶。

  20. With Mary , the handmaiden of the Lord , you will discover the joy and fruitfulness of the hidden life .

    与上主的婢女玛利亚一起,你们会发现默观生活的喜乐和丰盈。

  21. Handmaiden : With pearls . - Nate : Tastes good , mom . - Anne : Thank god Citarella was still open .

    pearl:珍珠配珍珠项链taste:品尝味道不错,妈妈幸亏Citarella还在营业,(纽约上西城的高档超市)

  22. It assuages the sense of moral panic that has been the handmaiden of prohibition for a century .

    它减轻了禁令实行一个世纪来一直伴随着的道德恐慌感。

  23. Jenny : No , I was her handmaiden . -

    handmaiden:女仆不,我是她的女仆。

  24. And there are the sort of goddesses or Aeolus of wind and handmaiden for Venus herself .

    也毋庸说那些送来鲜花的女神,把维纳斯送到岸边的风神,和她那些侍女等都是虚构出来的。

  25. Jenny : No , I was her handmaiden .

    不,我是她的女仆。

  26. which is why queens invented handmaidens .

    所以女皇创造了女仆这一职业。

  27. The queen decoy gambit was devised by Captain panaka , who oversaw the training of Queen Amidala and her handmaidens .

    女王替身计划由帕纳卡队长提出,并且由他监督了阿米达拉女王及其侍女的训练。

  28. Tables self-spread with glass and silver , food self-cooks and is served , not by working women , but by handmaidens , " adepts in a mystery . "

    社交午餐何其充满了魔力,餐桌自己摆上了杯具和刀叉,食物自己煮好端上桌。其实这些并非职业女性所为,而是出自“善于隐形”的女仆之手。

  29. The fund acted far too long as a creditor collection agency , a defender of the dollar as the sole reserve currency and even as a handmaiden to US sectoral interests in trade policy .

    IMF过去过多地扮演债权国的讨债机构、以及将美元作为唯一储备货币的捍卫者的角色,甚至在贸易政策中照顾美国个别产业的利益。

  30. The notion of summers as an intellectual handmaiden , " helping " others refine their arguments , is at odds with his reputation as a supremely self-confident intellectual bulldozer .

    人们将萨默斯看成一位知识分子侍女,“帮助”别人提炼观点,但这一看法与他是高度自信的“知识界推土机”声誉不一致。