用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.+to pron./n.
His father apprenticed him to a linen draper. 他父亲把他送去跟亚麻织品零售商当学徒。
Benjamin Franklin's father apprenticed him to a printer. 本杰明·富兰克林的父亲把他送去当印刷商的徒弟。
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She's apprenticed to a plumber. 她跟一位管子工当学徒。
He was apprenticed to a carpenter. 他做了一个木工的徒弟。
At an early age,I was apprenticed to a carpenter. 我很小时就被送去当一个木匠的学徒。
Tate was apprenticed to a grocer at the age of thirteen. 泰特十三岁时就被送去跟食品商学生意。

［派生词］ apprenticeship n. 学徒期; 学徒工作
［同义词］ n.  beginner, learner, pupil, student
［反义词］ n.  expert, master, professional

1.apprentice作名词的基本意思是“学徒; 徒弟”,指在商店里学做买卖或在作坊、工厂里学习技术的年轻人,通常有一定期限,报酬也很低,既可作可数名词,又可作不可数名词。
2.用于比喻, apprentice还可作“生手; 新手”解,指在师傅或老师指导下的初学者,强调被法律约束或被管理束缚,而不侧重无经验。

An apprentice graduates as a journeyman. 学徒期满当熟练工。
My son is an apprentice in a furniture maker's workshop.我的儿子在一家家具厂里当学徒工。
He couldn't fix my bike—he was only an apprentice. 他修不好我的自行车,他只是学徒。
He was bound apprentice to a carpenter. 他签约从木匠学习手艺。
He was an apprentice to a master craftsman. 他是一位能工巧匠的徒弟。
My brother has just become an apprentice carpenter. 我弟弟刚成为一个木工学徒。
He became an engineering apprentice with a local firm. 他在当地一家公司当工程技术学徒。
They were mere apprentices to piracy. 他们干海盗仅仅是嫩角儿。
I am now doing my final year as an apprentice.我正在干学徒期最后一年的活儿。
Most of the work was done by apprentices. 大部分的活是由学徒们干的。
The company is taking on four new apprentices. 公司收了四个新学徒。