the publican of [place]
表示某个特定酒馆的经营者,of 后接酒馆或酒吧名称。
The publican of the Red Lion greeted us warmly.
红狮酒馆的老板热情地招呼了我们。
酒馆老板;酒吧经营者
阿诺德主义者的同义词;小酒馆老板;酒店老板;客栈老板;征收员
a person who owns or manages a pub
阿诺德主义者的同义词
Synonym of Arnoldist.
The publican greeted every regular customer by name as they walked in.
酒馆老板在每位常客走进来时都直呼其名地打招呼。
用法提示:publican 在这里作名词,指经营酒馆的人(酒吧老板)。
After years of working as a barman, he finally became the publican of a small village pub.
做了多年酒保之后,他终于成了一家乡村小酒馆的老板。
用法提示:publican 是名词,指酒吧或小酒馆的经营业主。
The publican decided to close early because the weather had kept most customers at home.
酒馆老板决定提早打烊,因为天气让大多数顾客都待在了家里。
用法提示:publican 为名词,在句中作主语,表示酒馆老板。
表示某个特定酒馆的经营者,of 后接酒馆或酒吧名称。
The publican of the Red Lion greeted us warmly.
红狮酒馆的老板热情地招呼了我们。
work as + 职业名词,表示从事某职业。
She worked as a publican in a small village for ten years.
她在一个小村庄当了十年酒馆老板。
become + 职业名词,表示成为……。
After retiring from the navy, he became a publican.
从海军退役后,他成了一名酒馆老板。
英式英语中比publican更口语化,常指租下酒馆经营的人;也指房东,需看语境。
偏重提供住宿的客栈,不一定卖酒;略带古旧或文学色彩。
美式或旧式说法,现代英语中不如publican常用。
范围比publican广,可指任何酒吧(bar)的拥有者,通常不特指英式pub。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is publican.
正确表达He is a publican.
publican 是可数名词,单数形式前必须加冠词;汉语“他是酒馆老板”没有冠词,因此容易漏掉 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are many publican in this town.
正确表达There are many publicans in this town.
publican 是可数名词,复数要加 -s;汉语名词没有复数变化,“很多酒馆老板”中的“老板”不体现复数,所以容易漏掉词尾。
public 是形容词,意为“公共的”;publican 是名词,指“酒馆老板”。二者词性不同,拼写相近,不可混用。
republican 拼写与 publican 相差 re-,但意义完全不同,指“共和党人”或“共和国的”;publican 指“酒馆老板”。注意区分拼写和重音。
pub 指“酒吧”这个场所,而 publican 指“经营酒吧的人”,两者所指不同,不能互换。
当地的酒馆老板
The local publican knows everyone who comes into the pub.
当地的酒馆老板认识每一位来酒馆的人。
酒馆经营许可证
He applied for a publican's licence before opening the tavern.
他在开酒馆之前申请了酒馆经营许可证。
当酒馆老板
She has worked as a publican in the same village for twenty years.
她在同一个村子里当了二十年的酒馆老板。
酒馆生意
His family has been in the publican's trade for generations.
他家世代经营酒馆生意。
public(公共的;公众的)+ -an(名词后缀,表‘与…有关的人/经营者’)。同根词:public、publish、republic;同后缀词:American、librarian。
税吏和罪人(指被社会排斥、遭人鄙视的人,源自《圣经》)
He was criticized for associating with publicans and sinners.
他因与税吏和罪人来往而受到批评。
有两个人上殿里去祷告:一个是法利赛人,一个是税吏。
In the parable, the humble publican asks God for mercy, while the Pharisee boasts.
在这则比喻中,那个谦卑的税吏祈求上帝怜悯,而法利赛人却自夸。
你们的老师为什么和税吏并罪人一同吃饭呢?
This question about dining with publicans and sinners prompted Jesus to teach about mercy.
关于和税吏并罪人一同吃饭的这个问题,促使耶稣宣讲关于怜悯的教导。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.