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A steward is someone whose job is to take care of something for other people — to look after it, manage it well, and make sure it stays in good shape.
A stewardsteward這個字 is someone whose job is to take care of something for other people指負責替別人照顧某樣東西的人 — to look after it, manage it well看顧它、管理好它,and make sure it stays in good shape並確保它保持良好狀態。
On a plane or ship, a steward serves passengers and helps keep them safe (though today people more often say 'flight attendant').
On a plane or ship在飛機或船上,a steward serves passengers and helps keep them safesteward負責服務乘客並協助維護安全(though today people more often say 'flight attendant'不過現在大家比較常說「flight attendant(空服員)」)。
In other jobs, a steward looks after an event, a building, or even the environment — 'a good steward of the land' means someone who takes care of the land responsibly, as if it belongs to everyone, not just to them. So the deeper feeling of the word is always: taking care of something that is not fully yours, on behalf of others.
In other jobs在其他工作裡,a steward looks after an event, a building, or even the environmentsteward可以是負責一個活動、一棟建築,甚至是環境的人 — 'a good steward of the land'「a good steward of the land(土地的好管理者)」 means someone who takes care of the land responsibly意思是負責任地照顧這片土地的人,as if it belongs to everyone, not just to them彷彿這片土地屬於大家,不只是他自己的。So the deeper feeling of the word is always所以這個字更深層的感覺一直都是:taking care of something that is not fully yours照顧一樣不完全屬於你的東西,on behalf of others代表別人去做。
原始詞典資料18 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。
Stewardname
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An English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.
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A village in Lee County, Illinois, United States.
stewardnoun/ˈstjuː.əːd/
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A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
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historicalA person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
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nauticaltransportA ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
- There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
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datedA flight attendant, especially male.
- The gay Kibbutzniks I met were all ex-Kibbutzniks who were curretly holding jobs as El-Al stewards or in some similarly classic gay professions.
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A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
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A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, or animals.
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Someone responsible for organizing an event
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A bartender.
另外 7 個記錄的用法
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A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
- a steward in a Methodist church
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A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.
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educationhigher-educationAn officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
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A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
- These lands must have been retained by some earlier Steward, perhaps Walter II (1204-41), when most of Erskine had been made into a fief for Henry, first known ancestor of the Erskine family.
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computingengineeringinformation-technologySomebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
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hobbieslifestylemotor-racingA person who is responsible for the arbitration of incidents at a motor racing event and determining whether or not fines or penalties should be issued for such incidents.
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A person who exercises responsible and caring administration of something; a person who exhibits stewardship.
stewardverb/ˈstjuː.əːd/
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To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)
- Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, a Democrat from Middlesex County, said, “It’s an uncomfortable situation,” but added that Mr. Codey is nevertheless “ably stewarding the state.”
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。