work as a lifeguard
She works as a lifeguard at the city pool.
她在城市游泳池当救生员。
救生员
救生员:通常为游泳高手,受雇在水域救助遇险或溺水者的救援人员。;受雇于海滩或泳池、保护游泳者免于事故的救护人员;安装在火车前导轮前方的坚固金属支架,用于挡开小物体以防脱轨。;卫兵;禁卫军
a person employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
救生员:通常为游泳高手,受雇在水域救助遇险或溺水者的救援人员。
A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
受雇于海滩或泳池、保护游泳者免于事故的救护人员
an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
安装在火车前导轮前方的坚固金属支架,用于挡开小物体以防脱轨。
A sturdy metal bracket fixed in front of each of the leading wheels of a train to deflect small objects away from the wheels to prevent derailment.
The lifeguard watches the pool every afternoon.
救生员每天下午照看泳池。
用法提示:名词 lifeguard 在句中作主语,指救生员。
Lifeguards must act quickly when a swimmer is in danger.
游泳者遇到危险时,救生员必须迅速采取行动。
用法提示:lifeguards 是 lifeguard 的复数形式,表示救生员们。
The lifeguard saved a child from drowning yesterday.
那名救生员昨天救了一个溺水的小孩。
用法提示:名词 lifeguard 在句中作主语,指救生员。
She works as a lifeguard at the city pool.
她在城市游泳池当救生员。
口语中常用,表示紧急时请救生员帮忙。
If you see someone drowning, call a lifeguard immediately.
如果你看到有人溺水,立刻叫救生员来。
on duty 表示“当班、值班”,常用来描述救生员在岗。
There is always a lifeguard on duty during opening hours.
开放时间总是有当班的救生员。
He is training to be a lifeguard this summer.
他今年夏天正在培训当救生员。
在英式、澳式英语中指救生员;美式英语中多指‘有用的人/物’或‘薄荷糖’,作‘人’时有地域限制,且多指海滩/冲浪救生员,较少指泳池救生员。
泛指救助他人者,不特指‘救生员’职业,也不强调专业训练;仅可在描述具体救人行为时替换‘lifeguard’,无法涵盖其监视、预防等日常职责。
grammar · medium
易错句子She works as lifeguard at the city pool.
正确表达She works as a lifeguard at the city pool.
"lifeguard" 是可数名词单数,表示职业/身份时前面必须加冠词 "a"。中文说“当救生员”不需要冠词,但英语中单数可数名词不能单独使用,所以要写 "a lifeguard"。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are two lifeguard on duty.
正确表达There are two lifeguards on duty.
"lifeguard" 的复数形式是 "lifeguards"。句中有 "two",谓语用 "are",名词必须用复数,不能省略词尾 "-s"。
grammar · medium
易错句子The life saver at the beach told us to get out of the water.
正确表达The lifeguard at the beach told us to get out of the water.
在泳池或海滩负责救生工作的职业人员叫 "lifeguard"(救生员);"life saver" 通常指“救命恩人”或救生用具,不是职业名称。这里说的是海滩救生员,所以要用 "lifeguard"。
guard 是普通名词,指保安、卫兵等负责保卫的人;lifeguard 是复合词,专指游泳场所的救生员。误用 guard 会失去“海边/泳池救护”这层含义。
bodyguard 指贴身保护特定人物(如名人、政要)的保镖;lifeguard 则是在海滨或泳池固定岗位、负责救护游泳者的救生员,二者保护对象和工作场所不同。
lifesaver 可以指任何救人性命的人或物,常带感激或夸张语气;lifeguard 是职业/岗位名称,强调受雇于游泳场所并受过救生训练。
海滩救生员
The beach lifeguard spotted the swimmer in trouble.
海滩救生员发现了遇到麻烦的游泳者。
救生站
She reported the incident at the lifeguard station.
她在救生站报告了这一事件。
值班救生员
There was always a lifeguard on duty during opening hours.
开放时间总有一名值班救生员。
叫救生员
If you see someone struggling, call the lifeguard immediately.
如果看到有人挣扎,立刻叫救生员。
当救生员
He worked as a lifeguard at the community pool last summer.
去年夏天他在社区游泳池当救生员。
life(生命)+ guard(守卫)
救生员通常在 beach 或 pool 等游泳场所工作。
救生员也常在 pool 边上岗,负责看护游泳者。
swimmer 是救生员保护的对象,以防其发生意外。
救生员的核心职责是进行 rescue,救助遇险人员。
救生员常使用 whistle 发信号或提醒游泳者注意安全。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.
救生员培训
She completed her lifeguard training before the summer season.
她在夏季来临前完成了救生员培训。