| 词汇 | minion |
| 释义 | minion noun[ C ] usually disapprovinguk /ˈmɪn.jən/ us /ˈmɪn.jən/ a person who is not important and who has to do what another person of higher rank orders them to do: 奴才;仆从 He sent one of his minions to do something about it.他派他的一个仆从去处理那件事。 People who serve other people anti-slavery below/above stairsidiom boot boy butler dogsbody gofer handmaiden housemaid labourer lackey lady's maid retainer serfdom servant skivvy slave slave trade slaver valet vassal Examples of minionminion Their reason was simple : the proposed vaccination law granted too much discretionary power to the president and his minions. The word gofer for 'a minion or assistant' is a good case in point. It is small wonder that this long-developing and deeply-lived attitude would carry over to the colonial regime and its minions. Students of labor and political machines have been most interested in how bosses and their minions in the wards influenced the politics of the labor movement. Let the minions do it; let somebody else take the brickbats; let somebody else take the insults. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From there, the commissioners will send their carefully selected minions into the country to do we know not what we know not how. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Until there are men to spare, let the existing men try to prevent accidents by advertising their presence as the minions of the law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no good reducing a few minions at the lower levels unless there are cuts at the top. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was decided on by other factors, and the minions here have to do what they are told. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be in the hands of one of his minions, and there should be some procedure for reviewing any such decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was not present yesterday; he left it to his minions, pleasant and engaging though they are, to do the business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Preserve us from the bureaucrat dictators and their minions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the vast majority of those people are minions and it does not matter when they do their work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a special leaf in the register for that purpose, but the minions of the presiding officer knew nothing about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Helens will be graded 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, or will he put in one of his minions to do it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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