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A caretaker is someone whose job is to look after a building, like a school or apartment block — cleaning it, fixing small problems, and keeping everything running smoothly. It can also mean someone who looks after a person who needs help, like an elderly or sick relative, though "carer" or "caregiver" are also common for this. There's a third, very different use in : a "caretaker government" is a temporary government that runs things only until a new one can be properly elected — it just keeps things stable, without making big new decisions.
(建築物)管理員；(政治)看守政府(caretaker government)；也可指照顧者
組成"Care" (to look after) plus "taker" (one who takes/does) — literally "one who takes care."
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
caretakernoun/ˈkɛɹˌteɪ.kɚ/
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Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.
- Her dad was a cemetery caretaker for many years. There was a lot of landscaping work. The gravedigging itself was done with backhoes.
- ‘Miss Brindle must be very rich to live in such a big house,’ went on Jessamy. ‘Miss Brindle rich?’ said Aunt Maggie. ‘Bless you, she hasn’t tuppence to rub together. She’s only the caretaker.’
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Synonym of caregiver (“a person who provides care to another”).
caretakeradj/ˈkɛɹˌteɪ.kɚ/
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Temporary, on a short term basis.
- Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final.
- Sources within Sánchez’s caretaker administration claim the amnesty law is perfectly in keeping with the Socialist-led government’s efforts to calm tensions and find a political solution to the so-called Catalan question.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。