journeymen
n. 学徒期满的职工,熟练工人( journeyman的名词复数 )
In former times, a journeyman was a worker who had finished learning a trade and who was employed by someone rather than working on his or her own.
If you refer to someone as a journeyman, you mean that they have the basic skill which their job requires, but are not very talented or original.
Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.
道格拉斯29岁,是个技术不错的拳击手,在以前的比赛中发挥不太稳定。
The wages of both servants and journeymen frequently sink in dear years.
在物价昂贵的年度,佣工和帮工的工资往往低落.