scrivener

英 ['skrɪv(ə)nə]美 ['skrɪvənɚ]

n. 公证人；代笔人；放债人

n. (Scrivener)人名；(英)斯克里夫纳；(法)斯克里韦内

英文词源

scrivener (n.)

"professional penman, copyist," late 14c. (early 13c. as a surname), with superfluous -er + scrivein "scribe" (c. 1300), from Old French escrivain "a writer, notary, clerk" (Modern French écrivain), from Vulgar Latin *scribanem accusative of scriba "a scribe," from scribere "to write" (see script (n.)).

双语例句

1. He was a simple - looking lawyer's clerk, elevated to the extraordinary dignity of a provincial scrivener.

他虽然只不过是一个平庸的律师事务所里的职员, 但却故意装出一副乡下律师所特有的那种庄严的神气.

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