CHAPTER VII THE SERVANT PROBLEM IN ROADTOWN

 THERE will be no servant¹ problem² in Roadtown, as³ there will be no need for servants⁴.

1 servant   

n.仆人，有用物，公务员，雇员

参考例句：

• Why doesn't the servant come when I call?当我叫的时候，为何仆人没来？
• Tell the servant to knock me up at five o'clock.告诉仆人五点敲门叫醒我。

2 problem   

n.问题；难题

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• This problem is too hard for me to solve.这个问题太难，我解决不了。

3 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

4 servants   

n.仆人( servant的名词复数 )；雇员；奴仆般受制（或献身）于…的人；服务于…的事物

参考例句：

• Servants are now almost extinct in modern society. 在现代社会里奴仆已近乎不复存在。
• strictures against civil servants expressing political opinions 对于公务员发表政治见解的禁令