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apprentice/əˈprentis/ n. & v.●n. 1 a person who is learning a trade by being employed in it for an agreed period at low wages 学徒，徒弟 2 a beginner; a novice 初学者；新手 ●v. 1 tr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 to) engage or bind as an apprentice 使当学徒 was apprenticed to a builder 给一个建筑商当学徒 2 intr. N. Amer. serve as an apprentice [北美]做学徒工 she apprenticed at a hairdresser's 她在一家发廊做学徒工 □ apprenticeship n.[Middle English from Old French aprentis, from apprendre ‘learn’ (as APPREHEND), on the pattern of words ending in -tis, -tif, from Latin -tivus: see -IVE] |