喜樂美語
  1. 1n/ˈpɜːrsər/ · /ˈpɜːsə/事務長

    an officer on a ship who looks after money matters and helps with passengers' rooms and comfort.

    「purser」是船上的「事務長」——負責錢相關的事，也照顧乘客的房間與舒服程度。核心畫面可以想成「船上管錢包、管房間、幫乘客解決問題的那位職員」。跟 steward／cabin attendant 分開記：steward 多在日常送餐、整理艙房；purser 是更高一層、管帳務與乘客事務的職員。字面像 purse（錢包）加 -er，一種想法是「管錢的人」長出這個船上職稱。

    示範例句 · Example

    The ship's purser helped Mei change her cabin to a quieter room.

    中文翻譯船上的事務長幫助美把她的艙房換成一間更安靜的房間。

    常見搭配

    • ship's purser

      船上的事務長

      the purser who works on a particular ship

      The ship's purser checked our cabin keys and smiled.

    • purser's office

      事務長辦公室

      the office where the purser handles money, tickets, and papers

      We went to the purser's office to ask about our boarding cards.

    • junior purser

      初級事務長；見習事務長

      a purser who is still training or early in the job

      The cruise line trains junior pursers for three months.

    • chief purser

      主任事務長；總事務長

      the head purser in charge of the passenger-service team

      The chief purser welcomed every family at dinner.

    • cruise-ship purser

      郵輪事務長

      a purser who works on a cruise ship

      Mei wants to meet the cruise-ship purser on Family Day.

    • look after passengers

      照顧乘客

      take care of passengers' needs and comfort

      A good purser looks after passengers from check-in to landing.

    意思相近

    ship's officercashier

    用法接近

    stewardcabin attendantconciergereceptionisttreasurer

core核心畫面

On a ship, the officer who keeps the purse — the money, the accounts, the paperwork — and who is also the one passengers go to about their cabin and their comfort. Not the one who steers; the one who runs the household side of the voyage.

可以想成：船上管「錢袋」的那位——帳目、單據、財務都歸他，同時乘客的艙房和生活大小事也找他。他不管開船，管的是這趟航程裡「家務」的那一面。這個字就是 purse（錢袋）加上表示人的 -er。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

pursers

意思相近

ship's officercashier

用法接近

stewardcabin attendantconciergereceptionisttreasurer

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

Pursername

  • 1

    A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of purses.

pursernoun/ˈpɝsɚ/

  • 1

    The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft.

    • So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts.
    • There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.

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