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a journeyman [occupation]
journeyman 常作定语修饰职业，表示该行业的熟练工。
The company hired a journeyman electrician to fix the wiring.
公司雇了一名熟练电工来修理线路。
熟练工人；技工
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熟练工人；技工
a skilled worker who practices a trade or handicraft
The company hired a journeyman electrician to fix the wiring.
公司雇了一名熟练电工来修理线路。
已完成学徒期或同等职业培训的手艺人。
A tradesman who has completed an apprenticeship or equivalent educational path in a trade.
职业生涯中效力多支球队的运动员。
A player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career.
After finishing his apprenticeship, he worked as a journeyman carpenter.
完成学徒期后，他当了一名熟练木工。
The old printing shop still employs two journeymen who can set type by hand.
那家老印刷厂仍雇着两名能手工排字的熟练技工。
A journeyman usually earns more than an apprentice but less than a master.
熟练工的薪水通常高于学徒但低于师傅。
journeyman 常作定语修饰职业，表示该行业的熟练工。
The company hired a journeyman electrician to fix the wiring.
公司雇了一名熟练电工来修理线路。
指完成学徒期后受雇于他人、按日或按周领取工资的熟练工人。
After his apprenticeship, he worked as a journeyman for two years.
学徒期满后，他当了两年熟练工。
后接行业或领域时，强调其在该行业的从业身份。
She is a journeyman in the printing trade.
她是印刷行业的熟练工。
Not this
The workshop hired three journeymans last year.
Use this
The workshop hired three journeymen last year.
journeyman 的复数是不规则变化：-man 变为 -men，所以应为 journeymen，而不是按规则加 -s 的 journeymans。
Not this
He is a journeyman who has been to ten countries.
Use this
He is a traveler who has been to ten countries.
journeyman 指‘熟练工人/技工’，不是‘旅行者’；不要因词形含 journey 而误用。要表达‘旅行者’应用 traveler。
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熟练电工
He worked as a journeyman electrician before opening his own shop.
他在开自己的店之前当过熟练电工。
熟练木工
The journeyman carpenter crafted the oak table by hand.
这位熟练木工用手工制作了那张橡木桌子。
熟练管道工
She hired a journeyman plumber to fix the burst pipe.
她雇了一名熟练管道工来修理爆裂的水管。
学徒期满后的工作时期
During his journeyman years, he learned to work quickly and accurately.
在出师后的那几年里，他学会了又快又准地工作。
熟练工匠
A skilled journeyman can complete the job without close supervision.
一名熟练工匠无需密切监督就能完成这项工作。
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记法：journey(旅程)+man(人)——熟练工匠背着工具包去各地做工，凭手艺吃饭。
语域：neutral 常见场景：skilled trade occupations、handicraft and craftwork settings、professional licensing contexts 该词多用于正式或书面语境，指具备某种手艺或行业的熟练工人；日常口语中较少直接使用，常可用 a skilled worker 代替。
词尾 -man 的 gentleman、postman、salesman、woman 都读轻音 /mən/，与 journeyman 的 -man 读音相同；journey 和 attorney 的 -ney 读 /ni/，与 journeyman 中 journey 的读音一致，但整词不押韵。勿把 -man 读成 /mæn/。
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