journeymen是什么意思？

journeymen

英['dʒɜ:nɪmən] 美['dʒɜnɪmən]

• n. 学徒期满的职工，熟练工人( journeyman的名词复数 )；

例句

• The wages of both servants and journeymen frequently sink in dear years. 在物价昂贵的年度,佣工和帮工的工资往往低落.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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  （旧时的）满师学徒工，学徒期满的工匠
  In former times, a journeyman was a worker who had finished learning a trade and who was employed by someone rather than working on his or her own.
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  （缺乏天分或原创性的）熟练工，熟手
  If you refer to someone as a journeyman, you mean that they have the basic skill which their job requires, but are not very talented or original.
  例句
  Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights. 道格拉斯29岁，是个技术不错的拳击手，在以前的比赛中发挥不太稳定。