Dragoman

(noun.) an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government).

手打:米米

• At two in the morning they routed us out of bed--another piece of unwarranted cruelty--another stupid effort of our dragoman to get ahead of a rival. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• By Ferguson I mean our dragoman Abraham, of course. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The dragoman says Jack's horse died. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The Jordan journey being approved, our dragoman was notified. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• These appeals were vain--the dragoman only smiled and shook his head. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• At that hour Abraham, the dragoman, marshaled them before us. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Thus are people persecuted by dragomen, whose sole ambition in life is to get ahead of each other. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

整理:李奥娜