喜樂美語
  1. 1nA2/pəˈliːsmən/男警察

    A man who is a member of the police. His job is to keep people safe, stop crime, and help people who are in trouble. A woman doing the same job is called a .

    示範例句 · Example

    A policeman was standing at the corner, helping the children cross the street.

    逐字一位男警察站在轉角，幫助孩子們過馬路。

    policeman 指的是「警察裡的男生」。這個字可以想成兩塊拼起來：police（警察）+ man（男人），最後那個 man 就是帶著「男性」訊息的那一塊；同樣的工作換成女生，英文說 policewoman。不知道對方是男是女，或在新聞、公文這種正式場合，多半用 police officer——它後面沒有掛 man 或 woman，男女都涵蓋得進去；英國人日常講話則還是很常說 policeman。

    常見搭配

    • ask a policeman

      問警察（問路、求助）

      to ask a policeman for help, or for directions when you are lost

      If you get lost, ask a policeman for directions.

    • become a policeman

      當警察

      to start doing this job

      Ren wants to become a policeman when he grows up.

    • the local policeman

      當地的警察、管區的警察

      the policeman who works in your own town or neighbourhood

      Everyone in the village knows the local policeman by name.

    • a uniformed policeman

      穿制服的警察

      a policeman who is wearing police clothes, so you can see what his job is

      A uniformed policeman stood by the gate and waved the buses through.

    • an off-duty policeman

      下班中的警察

      a policeman who is not working at that time

      An off-duty policeman helped push the broken-down car off the road.

    • a former policeman

      以前當過警察的人

      a man who used to be a policeman but does another job now

      Mr. Lin is a former policeman who now teaches swimming at the sports center.

    意思相近

    police officerofficercopconstablepatrolman

    用法接近

    policepolicewomanpolice officerdetectiveconstablepolice station

    意思相反

    policewoman

core核心畫面

police + man: a man whose job is police work — keeping people safe, stopping crime, helping people in trouble. The -man ending is doing real work here: it says the person is male. A woman with the same job is a , and when you do not know or do not need to say, English now usually reaches for police officer instead.

可以想成 police（警察這個組織）＋ man（男人）：一個以警務為職業的男性——維持治安、阻止犯罪、幫助有麻煩的人。這裡的 -man 是真的在指性別：同樣工作的女性叫 policewoman。當你不知道對方性別、或根本不需要講性別時，現在的英文通常改用 police officer，這個中性說法在正式場合和新聞裡幾乎已經是預設。

複數 policemen

意思相近

police officerofficercopconstablepatrolman

用法接近

policepolicewomanpolice officerdetectiveconstablepolice station

意思相反

policewoman

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

policemannoun/pəˈliːsmən/

  • 1

    governmentlaw-enforcementA police officer, usually a male.

    • The policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.
    • Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
  • 2

    chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.

  • 3

    biologyentomologynatural-sciencesAny skipper of the genus Coeliades.

  • 4

    hobbiesice-hockeylifestyleSynonym of enforcer.

    • A team may have a policeman or enforcer.

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