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单词 au pair
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au pair

/əʊ ˈpɛː /
noun
A young foreign person, typically a woman, who helps with housework or childcare in exchange for food, a room, and some pocket money: [as modifier]: an au pair girl...
  • As more women have sought full-time careers, various alternative forms of domestic assistance have developed, consisting of armies of contract cleaners, childminders, nannies and au pairs.
  • In other cases, women answered advertisements by foreign tour operators or employment agencies looking for au pairs, models, housekeepers and waitresses.
  • Every woman boss depends on au pairs, nannies, cleaners, cooks and women who do the ironing.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French, literally 'on equal terms'. The phrase was originally adjectival, describing an arrangement between two parties paid for by the exchange of mutual services; the noun usage dates from the 1960s.

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