餐厅领班
maitre d' /ˈmeɪtrə ˌdiː, ˈmeɪtər-/
可数名词 At a restaurant, the maitre d' is the head waiter. 服务生领班
We found a table and the maitre d' assured us that we would be served quickly.
我们找到了座位，餐厅领班向我们保证很快就可以用餐了。
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We found a table and the maitre d' assured us that we would be served quickly.
我们找到了座位，餐厅领班向我们保证很快就可以用餐了。
A Mumbai merchant spurns your best offer. A maitre d' snubs you in Beirut.
在罗马，一辆出租车突然停在你面前挡住了你的去路：或者是孟买的一位商人拒绝了你的工作申请；抑或在贝鲁特，酒店的领班对你大喊大叫。
Thank the maitre d' by name, give him or her a generous tip and your business card, and shake hands.
Even so, the maitre d' insisted that bar patrons not walk through the empty dining room and instead use a hallway skirting the area -- a hint as to what kind of atmosphere the hotel tries to maintain.
Nobody who knows me has ever seen me wear a tie except under protest, and the few that I do possess of my own volition are accidental trophies, "given" to me by the maitre d's of places where neckwear is compulsory.
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