| 单词 | undertaker |
| 释义 | undertaker noun[C] uk/ˈʌn.dəˌteɪ.kər/us/ˈʌn.dɚˌteɪ.kɚ/(alsofuneral director);(USalsomortician)apersonwhosejobis topreparedeadbodiesthat are going to beburiedorcremated(=burned)and toorganizefunerals 殡仪员；丧葬承办人Funerals
undertaker| American Dictionaryundertaker noun[C] us/ˈʌn·dərˌteɪ·kər/(alsomortician)apersonwhosebusinessis topreparethedeadto beburiedorcremated(=burned)and toorganizefunerals Examplesofundertakerundertaker It was anundertakerparlor next door to the theater, and we were supposed to stay in some rooms they had upstairs there. From theCambridge English Corpus It looks as though the author sees himself as a kind of academicundertaker, devoting himself to the interment of bodies of thought. From theCambridge English Corpus He is more than anundertakerin that he also takes on the moral blame and the pollution of the death. From theCambridge English Corpus By contrast, the working class had little need for the undertaker's services, except to provide a coffin and, possibly, transportation. From theCambridge English Corpus No, he insists, 'phagocytes are the funeral undertakers, not the assassins'. From theCambridge English Corpus Would undertakers submit to government interference? From theCambridge English Corpus First, death notification was often carried out by undertakers or other non-related persons, who were not necessarily informed about the exact birth dates of the orphaned children. From theCambridge English Corpus The various compromises that they reached - requiring certification of deaths and paying benefits directly to undertakers, for example - were not wholly satisfying to any of the constituencies. From theCambridge English Corpus Such a discharge without the undertaker's agreement is a criminal offence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Naturally a railway company will not want to negotiate with a very large number of authorised undertakers dotted up and down its system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the course of his speech he pointed out that arrangements had been made for the undertakers there to give supplies at reduced rates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not see why an authorisedundertakershould not have as much protection against undue preference as a trader has against a railway company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He told us that 120 of those undertakers supply three-quarters of the population. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no power to require continuous 24-hour working by contractors employed by statutory undertakers or by other highway authorities on their roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The extent to which this interference must take place will depend, of course, upon the good will of the authorised undertakers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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