| 单词 | relief worker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrelief worker relief worker n. (a) a person who works for financial assistance or relief, esp. under some state scheme; (b) a person who works to bring relief to those affected by poverty, famine, drought, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > charitable person or almsgiver > professional charity worker relief worker1878 fundraiser1881 philanthropoid1937 1878 R. Knight Sir George Couper & Famine in North-West Provinces 4 The early symptoms of famine are quite unmistakable to those accustomed to witness them, and I have no hesitation in saying that they exist in the relief-workers near Agra. 1922 B. Hecht 1001 Afternoons in Chicago 240 Sholom Ash, who wrote this play, spent a time in villages abroad as a Jewish relief worker. 1974 R. A. Caro Power Broker iv. xx. 370 If this method disposed of malingerers and malcontents, it nonetheless proved difficult to whip the relief workers..into an efficient work force. 2002 Church Times 20 Sept. 5/1 Missionaries and relief workers have fled the Nyankunde area of the Congo. < as lemmas |
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