小编:4616:1么,公务员考试果然是年年火爆经久不衰前赴后继更上一层楼啊!不少面临毕业的同学都会选择公务员考试。今天我们就来看看“公务员”的英语该怎么说吧。
我们首先来看这句话:
A civil servant or public servant is a civilian public sector employee
working for a government department or agency。
The term always includes the (sovereign) state's employees; whether
regional, or sub-state, or even municipal employees are called "civil servants"
varies from country to country。
从上文中我们看到,“公务员”的英语就是“civil servant”或者“public servant”了。
说起“servant”,想必大家第一反应就是“仆人,佣人”的意思吧。其实除此之外,“servant”还有“persondevoted to sb /
sth(终于某人/某事)”的意思。比如说:a servant of Jesus Christ(耶稣基督的忠仆)
不过各个国家对“公务员”的称呼都不尽相同,比如说在美国,他们将公务员称为“Government employees”,大家更喜欢哪种说法呢?