| 单词 | low-paid |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslow-paid low-paid adj. and n. (a) adj. (of an employee) that is paid a low wage; earning low pay; (of a job, etc.) that pays poorly; (b) n. (with the and plural agreement) low-paid employees as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > deprived or underprivileged people low-paid1739 submerged tenth1890 submerged1897 dispossessed1901 underprivileged1935 wretched of the earth1965 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid by wages > insufficiently paid low-paid1739 underpaid1817 low-paying1825 1739 ‘Philalethes’ Case between Clothiers, Weavers, & Other Manufacturers 25 The low-paid diligent and sober Husbandman, who labours constantly. 1870 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 351/1 Beggary eked out by an occasional small and low-paid job of work for the most fortunate. 1889 Polit. Sci. Q. 4 576 With the aid of modern machinery, the high-priced American can produce commodities at a less price per unit than can the low-paid Asiatic. 1964 W. L. Goodman Hist. Woodworking Tools 138 Comparatively low-paid labourers. 1974 Times 5 Dec. 4/4 The TUC had..recognized the low-paid as a special case. 1987 T. Gallagher Glasgow, Uneasy Peace vi. 227 Long periods of unemployment perhaps punctuated by casual bouts of menial low-paid work. 2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 117 Both [paintings] are produced in factory-like conditions by squads of low-paid assistants. < as lemmas |
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