civil servant

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ˌcivil ˈservant noun [countable]  PGOsomeone employed in the civil service 公务员；文职人员

Examples from the Corpus

civil servant• This case raised a number of important issues including the nature of the duty of a civil servant in relation to Parliament.• For the first time a civil servant, perforce, began to affect what happened.• It was one of her many advantages that as a professional civil servant herself she understood the constraints of his career.From Longman Business Dictionarycivil servantˌcivil ˈservant noun [countable]JOB someone who works in the civil servicea senior civil servant in the Department of Trade and Industry

ˌcivil ˈservant nounChineseSyllable  

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civil servant
ˌcivil ˈservant noun [countable]
someone employed in the civil service

civil servantBrE /ˌsɪvl ˈsɜːvənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsɪvl ˈsɜːrvənt/ 🔊 nouna person who works in the civil service （政府的）公务员，文职人员