governess

• n. 女家庭教師

govern, 管理。-ess, 表女性。用於指家庭女教師。

governess (n.)

mid-15c., "female ruler," shortening of governouresse "a woman who rules" (late 14c.), from Old French governeresse "female ruler or administrator" (see governor + -ess). The Latin fem, form was gubernatrix. In the sense of "a female teacher in a private home" governess it is attested from 1712, probably as a fem. of governor in the now-obsolete sense "one who has charge of a young man's education and activities, a tutor" (1570s).

1. My little girl does not go to school; she has a governess.

我的小女兒沒有上學, 她有位家庭女教師.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. He does not like the new governess by a fraction.

他一點也不喜歡他的新家庭女教師.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Our governess was told to make sure we knew how to talk like English ladies.

要求家庭女教師教會我們英國貴婦般的談吐。

來自柯林斯例句

4. I'm afraid you don't look very much like a governess.

恐怕你也不怎麽像家庭教師.

來自瘋狂英語突破英語語調

5. You mean you don't know anything about being a governess?

你是說,你一點也不知道怎麽當家庭教師 嗎 ?

來自瘋狂英語突破英語語調