handmaiden

英 [ˈhændmeɪdn]

美 [ˈhændmeɪdn]

n.  女用人; 侍女; 根基; 基础

复数：handmaidens　

BNC.35936 / COCA.26071

牛津词典

noun

• 女用人；侍女
  a female servant
• 根基；基础
  something that supports and helps sth else
  1. Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences.
     数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。

柯林斯词典

• 侍女;女仆
  Ahandmaidenis a female servant.
• N-COUNT 起服务作用的东西;辅助;支持
  If one thing is thehandmaiden ofanother, the first thing helps the second or makes it possible.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• The goddess Hera is attended by her handmaiden Iris.
  女神赫拉是出席由她的婢女虹膜。
• Technique is the handmaiden of art.
  技巧乃艺术之依托。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sab é becomes a decoy, disguised as the Queen, while Amidala adopts a simple gown of a handmaiden, and goes by her less formal name of Padm é Naberrie.
  莎比伪装成皇后，成为引诱敌人的诱饵，皇后则换上简单的宫女长袍，并使用她较不正式的名字佩米纳贝瑞。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was once widely believed that technology would be the handmaiden of totalitarianism, enabling governments to tighten their power over the individual.
  人们曾普遍认为，技术将是集权主义的帮凶，使政府可以加紧对个人的控制。