apprentices

英 [əˈprentɪsɪz]

美 [əˈprentɪsɪz]

n.  学徒; 徒弟
v.  使某人当(某人的)学徒
apprentice的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 学徒；徒弟
  Anapprenticeis a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
  1. I started off as an apprentice and worked my way up...
     我从学徒开始干起，逐步上升。
  2. He left school at 15 and trained as an apprentice carpenter.
     他15岁辍学，当上木工学徒。
• VERB 使拜师于；使当…的学徒
  If a young personis apprenticed tosomeone, they go to work for them in order to learn their skill.
  1. I was apprenticed to a builder when I was fourteen.
     14岁时，我拜一个建筑工人为师当学徒。

双语例句

• Unions are now spreading to private universities; though Yale and Cornell, where university administrators and some faculty argue that PhD students who teach are not workers but apprentices, have resisted union drives.
  而真正的工会兴起还是近几年的事。如今，工会也深入到私立大学。在耶鲁和康奈尔大学，行政管理人员和教师说博士不能算是正式员工，只能是学徒而已。
• Employers may have difficulty providing apprentices the range of activities required by the NVQ.
  雇主有可能难以提供学徒由国家职业资格要求的活动范围。
• They possess their own means of production and hire no workers, or only one or two apprentices or helpers.
  他们自有生产手段，不雇工，或者只雇一二个学徒或助手。
• In Europe, especially, kitchen helpers are often youthful apprentices preparing to become chefs.
  在欧洲，尤其，厨房帮工通常都是年轻学徒，准备成为厨师。
• One of the apprentices made an insulting remark to a passing officer.
  其中一名学徒对着一名路过的警官说了一句侮辱他的话。
• He wanted to fight the masters who starved their apprentices.
  他要同那些不让学徒吃饱的师傅斗争。
• Many of our apprentices and the public saw this in mind in my heart!
  我们很多徒弟及大众都看在眼里记在心里！
• Who's show did Borden and Angier attend when they were still apprentices?
  波登和安杰尔两人还是学徒时，去看了谁的表演？
• I had known her for years, watched her raise countless apprentices, and now she was a mere puppet for some demon.
  我曾经认识她很多年，亲眼目睹她指导了一代又一代的学徒，但现在她却成为了某个恶魔手中的玩偶。
• The shop is taking on two new apprentices.
  这个商店新收了两个学徒。