handmaiden

handmaiden

美 [ˈhændˌmeɪd(ə)n] 　英 ['hænd.meɪd(ə)n]

• n.女佣；侍女；根基；基础
• 网络女仆；婢女；受惊女仆

词形变化

复数：handmaidens  单数：handmaid  复数：handmaids  

英汉解释

n.	1. a woman who is someone’s servant 2. something that supports something else that is more important

例句

All this has contributed to the view that the PA is a handmaiden of the Israeli occupation.

而这些都促成了这样一个舆论，巴勒斯坦自治政权是以色列扩张的帮手。

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。

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。

For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

因为他顾念他使女的卑微。从今以后，万代要称我有福。

Gone are the days when it acted as a handmaiden of Western, mainly US, economic orthodoxy.

在西方经济正统学说中，它作为一个陪侍的日子已经一去不复返了。

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。

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。

piety as the handmaiden of religious faith.

为宗教信仰服务的虔诚

A stronger currency is a handmaiden to these changes.

一种更加强劲的货币是促成这些变化的一个因素。

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。

The important point to realize about transportation insurance is that it is the handmaiden of commerce.

关于运输保险，重要的一点是要认识到是为商业服务的。

I was writing's most devotional handmaiden.

我是写作的最热心的侍仆。