handmaiden

美 [?hænd?me?d(?)n] 　英 ['hænd.me?d(?)n]

• n.女傭；侍女；根基；基礎
• 網絡女仆；婢女；受驚女仆

詞形變化

復數：handmaidens  單數：handmaid  復數：handmaids  

英漢解釋

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.

而這些都促成了這樣一個輿論，巴勒斯坦自治政權是以色列擴張的幫手。

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

相信政府的決策不僅僅是強大利益集團的仆役，也許是愚蠢的。

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

它減輕了禁令實行一個世紀來一直伴隨著的道德恐慌感。

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

因為他顧念他使女的卑微。從今以后，萬代要稱我有福。

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

在西方經濟正統(tǒng)學說中，它作為一個陪侍的日子已經一去不復返了。

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

事實可能是，北歐國家的平等發(fā)揮了幫助創(chuàng)造性破壞（creativedestruction）的作用。

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

他精通歷史，好象歷史必然性都變成了供這位遠見卓識的政治家差遣的女仆。

piety as the handmaiden of religious faith.

為宗教信仰服務的虔誠

A stronger currency is a handmaiden to these changes.

一種更加強勁的貨幣是促成這些變化的一個因素。

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

Blair小姐，也許你該打個電話給你爸爸。

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

關于運輸保險，重要的一點是要認識到是為商業(yè)服務的。

I was writing's most devotional handmaiden.

我是寫作的最熱心的侍仆。