retainers
英[r?'te?n?z]
美[r?'te?n?z]
例句
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典釋義
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定金;預(yù)付金
A retainer is a fee that you pay to someone in order to make sure that they will be available to do work for you if you need them to.
例句
I'll need a five-hundred-dollar retainer...
我將收取500美元的定金。
Liz was being paid a regular monthly retainer.
利茲每月得到一筆預(yù)付金。
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（服務(wù)多年的）仆人，家仆
A servant who has been with one family for a long time can be referred to as a retainer .
例句
I found the gardener, a family retainer, morosely surveying the scene.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)這個(gè)園丁——家里一個(gè)服侍多年的仆人，愁眉苦臉地審視著這個(gè)場(chǎng)景。