N-COUNT A governess is a woman who is employed by a family to live with them and educate their children. (住家的)家庭女教师
Mary had been taught very little because her governesses had disliked her too much to stay with her.
玛丽以前没有学到什么东西，因为她的家庭教师不太喜欢她，不愿和她待在一起。
Captain: There was nothing wrong with the children, only the governesses.
上校：孩子们很好，只怪家庭教师。
Captain: You're the twelfth in a long line of governesses, who have come to look after my children since their mother died.
上校：自从孩子们的母亲去世以后，你是来照看他们的第十二位女家庭教师。
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