1·We had to hire maids through an agency.
我们得通过代理公司雇用女佣。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·In particular, dairy maids, whose responsibility was to milk cows, and so they had a very intimate relationship with cattle, often didn't get smallpox.
特别是挤奶女工，她们的职责就是挤奶，因此她们与牛有着非常亲密的关系，通常不会得天花。
3·Talk to the maids. They know it all.
和女佣聊聊吧，她们知道的可多了。
4·I and my maids will fast as you do.
我和我的宫女也要这样禁食。
5·We lived in a palatial house with maids.
我们住在豪宅里，也有了仆人。
6·I decided we should "hire out" as maids.
我觉得我们应该去“打工”做女佣。
7·The plight of maids in Saudi Arabia touches a nerve at home.
在沙特阿拉伯做佣人的困境触动了国内。
8·This activity is evidently intended to marry off all the old maids.
这次活动是为了全体老小姐都能出嫁。
9·It is a bad time, then, for a Saudi freeze on hiring Filipino maids.
这是一段糟糕的时期，因为沙特冻结了对菲佣的招聘。
10·Think of them as thuggish meter maids or health inspectors with batons.
你可以把他们想象成挥舞着警棍的咪表女郎或者卫生巡视员。