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单词 funeral director
释义
funeral director
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfjuː.nər.əl daɪˌrek.tər/us
/ˈfjuː.nɚ.əl daɪˌrek.tɚ/
apersonwhosejobit is toarrangefor thebodiesofdeadpeopleto beburiedorburned
丧葬承办者；殡仪员
Synonyms
morticianUS
undertaker
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • funeral parlour
  • funerary
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  • hearse
  • lay
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(Definition offuneral directorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Had she started life as a funeral director instead of a milliner, it is probable that she would have infused into the dreary business something of the living quality of genius.
  • He was employed by a funeral director in Philadelphia to write obituary verses for memorial cards.
  • It is curious that long association with the sadness of death seems to have deprived an occasional funeral director of all sense of moderation.

Examplesoffuneral director

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Funeral arrangements are a matter for the client and thefuneraldirectorto agree upon.
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One might argue that that gives thefuneraldirectoran opportunity to take advantage of the consumer.
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At the moment, anyone can be afuneraldirector.
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Secondly, will it lead to a deterioration in standards if everyfuneraldirectoroperated his own crematorium?
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The level of business required to make the crematorium necessary is very different from the level of business required to support thefuneraldirector.
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Will he comment on the increasing practice in some parts of the country, whereby local authorities make a monopolistic municipal deal with onefuneraldirector?
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I found that the average price charged by thefuneraldirectorfor a £19·50 coffin was £154.
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For the same reason, thefuneraldirectoris able, if he wishes, to influence the relative degree of elaboration of the funeral.
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Instead, they want thefuneraldirectorto take the arrangements off their hands.
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In the interim period the mortuary continues to provide a storage facility for bodies not requiring postmortem but awaiting collection by the family'sfuneraldirector.
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No problems are attached and there is more direct control even than that of afuneraldirectorin a private company.
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Clearly the department cannot be in the position of underwriting whatever afuneraldirectorsees fit to charge.
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But the goodfuneraldirectordoes need support.
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When it learned about the parents' distress it adopted—or it encouraged afuneraldirectorto adopt—a pragmatic interpretation of the law in this regard.
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The wording suggested is "the normal course of business as afuneraldirector".
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