他们需要一个女佣。
And then I discovered, to a creeping sense of shame, that she was not a domestic help either.
然后带着隐隐的羞愧感,我发现她也不是佣人。
Domestic help has long been a mostly female preserve, involving nannies, cleaners and laundry maids.
做佣人一向是女性的传统,比如说当保姆、清洁工、洗衣工。
For a moment I took Khuddo to be a teenage domestic help, a small girl cooking, cleaning and mopping, just like millions of them who work in homes in India's teeming cities and villages.
那一瞬间,我还以为库多是个年少的佣人,一个帮忙做饭、清洗、抹地的小姑娘,就像其他几百万个在印度密集的城市和乡村的家庭里工作的小姑娘一样。
At the first dinner I urged Arafat and Netanyahu to think about how they could help each other cope with their domestic opposition.
第一次晚宴时,我就敦促阿拉法特和内塔尼亚胡考虑如何相互帮助解决他们国内的反对声音。
Other programmes, from help with birth-control and HIV-prevention to counselling against drug abuse and domestic violence, will be made smaller or eliminated altogether.
其他一些从帮助节育和防止艾滋病,到反对滥用药物和家庭暴力咨询的项目都会被缩小规模或全部取消。
Owing to IFC's help Chengdu Huarong chemical Company Lmt. will be the first domestic producer of high-purity KOH flake, a chemical used in a large number of consumer products.
在国际金融公司的帮助下,成都华融化工有限公司将成为国内第一家高纯度氢化钾生产厂家。这种化工产品是许多消费品的原料。
Ikea’s 2040 mock-up kitchen features loads of new gadgets and gizmos to help us out in the domestic realm.
宜家的2040年模拟厨房承载着新功能和新玩意儿,帮助我们走出家庭领域。
But new models, such as a revamped version of its best selling Elantra compact, will help it recapture domestic customers from its competitors, analysts said.
然而,分析师认为,现代旗下热销车型——改款伊兰特的推出将帮助现代从韩国国内竞争对手手中夺回流失的消费者。
If sustained, this could help to support domestic spending-and hence imports.
如能保持下去,这将促进国内消费,并进一步影响进口。
When the US Treasury moved in 1934 to help American silver producers by buying silver to boost the price, China's currency rose in value, leading to an outflow of silver and savage domestic deflation.
到1934年,由于美国财政部通过购买白银,帮助本国白银生产商抬高银价,中国货币出现升值,导致白银外流,国内陷入严重通缩。
Straying too far into domestic regulatory issues without getting this big picture right risks delaying an agreement or producing outcomes that don't really help poor people.
不解决这个大问题而过多地纠缠于国内管制问题就有可能拖延协议的达成或者产生的结果不能真正有助于贫困人口”。
The initiative is intended to help small farmers boost domestic agricultural production in the food importing countries that are most vulnerable to high prices.
该计划旨在帮助最容易遭受高价格影响的粮食进口国的小农推动国内农业生产。
The opposite is true.With its biggest export market in a funk, China needs to accelerate the rebalancing of its economy towards domestic consumption, with the help of a stronger currency.
事实情况正好相反,在最大的出口市场陷入一片恐慌之际,中国应该让人民币升值,加快经济增长向依赖国内消费转变。
For now, a weaker dollar tends to help U.S. exports by making them cheaper abroad, a welcome development at a moment of domestic economic weakness.
目前,美元走软令美国出口产品在海外价格更低,从而对美国出口有利,这在美国国内经济疲弱的情况下是个好现象。
If Asian central Banks stopped piling up reserves to hold down their currencies, this would help stem domestic liquidity.
如果亚洲的中央银行停止积累外汇来控制他们的货币,这样就能抑制国内的流动性。
That could help square opposition from domestic vested interests.
这可能有助于平息国内既定利益者的反对。
That inspired him to talk more about domestic violence, and that drew more abuse victims to seek the church's help.
那使他说了更多有关家庭暴力的事,从而驱使更多的受害者向教堂求助。
This means they have less time to do things with their partner and help out with the domestic chores.
这意味着往返上班的人和其伴侣一起做事或者帮忙干家务的时间会变少。
That could help revive demand in the rest of the world, without contributing to domestic overheating.
这有助于世界其他国家需求复苏的同时不会造成国内经济过热。
Many analysts feel that stimulus plans among those countries attending the Washington gathering will help to boost domestic consumption in places like Britain.
许多分析人士认为,出席华盛顿会议的那些国家出台的刺激计划将能帮助在英国等国扩大内需。
Many analysts feel that stimulus plans among those countries attending the Washington gathering will help to boost domestic consumption in places like Britain.
许多分析人士认为,出席华盛顿会议的那些国家出台的刺激计划将能帮助在英国等国扩大内需。
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