governess

英 ['gʌv(ə)nɪs]美 ['gʌvɚnəs]

n. 女家庭教师

中文词源

governess 家庭女教师

govern, 管理。-ess, 表女性。用于指家庭女教师。

英文词源

governess (n.)

mid-15c., "female ruler," shortening of governouresse "a woman who rules" (late 14c.), from Old French governeresse "female ruler or administrator" (see governor + -ess). The Latin fem, form was gubernatrix. In the sense of "a female teacher in a private home" governess it is attested from 1712, probably as a fem. of governor in the now-obsolete sense "one who has charge of a young man's education and activities, a tutor" (1570s).

双语例句

1. My little girl does not go to school; she has a governess.

我的小女儿没有上学, 她有位家庭女教师.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. He does not like the new governess by a fraction.

他一点也不喜欢他的新家庭女教师.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Our governess was told to make sure we knew how to talk like English ladies.

要求家庭女教师教会我们英国贵妇般的谈吐。

来自柯林斯例句

4. I'm afraid you don't look very much like a governess.

恐怕你也不怎么像家庭教师.

来自疯狂英语突破英语语调

5. You mean you don't know anything about being a governess?

你是说,你一点也不知道怎么当家庭教师 吗 ?

来自疯狂英语突破英语语调

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