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单词 journeyman
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journeyman

/ˈdʒəːnɪmən /
noun (plural journeymen)
1A worker or sports player who is reliable but not outstanding: [as modifier]: a solid journeyman professional...
  • I was sort of a journeyman player, played as hard as I could, and was a reasonably intelligent player.
  • But for now, journeymen players and even certain stars would be wise to jump at their first acceptable offers.
  • These aren't necessarily the best prospects at their positions, but you won't find journeymen minor leaguers on the teams, either.
2 historical A trained worker who is employed by someone else: [as modifier]: a journeyman carpenter journeymen printers...
  • As commerce expanded and as trade conditions allowed, the masters trained apprentices and hired journeymen, always within the rules of the guilds they had created.
  • Once certified, master trainers are authorized to train appropriate journeymen to become certified craft instructors.
  • It is known that Major Samuel Lawrence, for example, at times employed apprentice and journeymen shoemakers, so diversifying from purely agricultural production.

Origin

Late Middle English: from journey (in the obsolete sense 'day's work') + man; so named because the journeyman was no longer bound by indentures but was paid by the day.

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