英语词汇“blue-collar”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

His political support comes mainly from blue-collar workers.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Always a blue-collar town, Gary developed into a mighty industrial force on the strength of the nearby lakefront steel mills.
Aside from its cast, the show was lauded for its honest and realistic depiction of blue-collar family life.
His ability to deliver the C2 blue-collar, Essex-man vote has, arguably, won them the last two general elections.
Lately, the restaurant chain, which caters mainly to blue-collar diners, has been hurt by competition.
The school serves a community of approximately 10, 000 people, mostly blue-collar workers who are employed by the pickle plant.

Longman Language Activatorthe lowest class► working-class

belonging to the class of people who do not have much money or power, and who have jobs where they do physical work. For example, factory workers, builders, and drivers are working-class: · Most of the people who live round here are working class.· I come from a working-class family - I'm the first one to graduate from college.

► lower-class

an impolite word meaning belonging to the class that has less money, power, and education than anyone else: · It has been shown that children of lower-class parents are less likely to do well at school.· My mother's parents thought my father was terribly lower-class.

► the masses

all the ordinary people in society who do not have power or influence, especially when they are thought of as not being very educated: · Television has brought cheap entertainment to the masses.· Lenin's position depended on the support of the masses.

► blue-collar

: blue-collar worker/job/employee someone who does physical work, for example in a factory or a mine, and does not work in an office: · His political support comes mainly from blue-collar workers.

► humble

: of (a) humble background/family/origins etc from a low social class and without much money, but often with a lot of determination to work hard and succeed: · The school had originally provided a good education for children of humble backgrounds.· Eisenhower, Nixon, and Ford were all men of humble origins and no inherited wealth.

► underclass

the lowest social class, who are very poor and may not have jobs, homes etc: · The government has created an underclass who do not feel they have any rights in society.

WORD SETS► Employment

absenteeism, nounarticled clerk, black economy, nounbloodletting, nounblue-collar, adjectivebook-keeper, nounboss, nounbusiness agent, career path, nouncareer structure, nounCFO, Chartered Financial Consultant, nounCIO, co-manager, nouncommercial agent, company car, nouncompany doctor, company officer, competence, nouncompliance officer, co-worker, nouncreative director, curriculum vitae, nounCV, noundeputy chairman, deskill, verbdismiss, verbdowngrade, verbdownsize, verbearn, verbearner, nounemploy, verbemployable, adjectiveemployee, nounemployer, nounemployment agency, nounengage, verbenrolled agent, escrow agent, executive chairman, filing clerk, fill-in, nounfull-time, adjectiveheadhunter, nounhealth and safety, nounhuman resources, nounjob application, job centre, nounjobless, adjectivelabour exchange, nounledger clerk, moonlight, verbnatural wastage, nounnepotism, nounnetworking, nounnine to five, adverbnumber-cruncher, nounoccupational, adjectiveoff, adverboff-duty, adjectiveoperative, nounoutwork, nounoverseer, nounoverstaffed, adjectivepenalty clause, nounpension fund, nounpension plan, nounpersonnel, nounpiecework, nounpositive discrimination, nounpost, nounpreferment, nounproject engineer, qualification, nounqualify, verbquit, verbrecommendation, nounrecruit, verbredeploy, verbredundancy, nounredundant, adjectivereferee, nounreference, nounreinstate, verbresearch manager, resign, verbresignation, nounresume, nounretired, adjectiveretiree, nounretirement, nounself-employed, adjectivesharecropper, nounshift, nounskilled, adjectivetechnical analyst, testimonial, nountime and motion study, nountrainee, nountransfer agent, underemployed, adjectiveundermanned, adjectiveunderstaffed, adjectiveunemployable, adjectiveunemployed, adjectiveunemployment, noununemployment benefit, noununskilled, adjectivevacancy, nounvacant, adjectivewhite-collar, adjectiveworkday, nounwork experience, nounworkforce, nounworking papers, nounworkweek, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► worker

· The party and its leaders were defended neither by white nor blue-collar workers nor kolkhoz farmers.· The school serves a community of approximately 10, 000 people, mostly blue-collar workers who are employed by the pickle plant.· Cosby portrays a blue-collar worker who was forced to retire early from an airline.· Buchanan successfully tapped the economic insecurity of blue-collar workers by slamming trade agreements embraced by most Republican leaders, including Dole.· These categories include white-collar workers as well as blue-collar workers.· For most of the 1980s that international mobility undermined mostly blue-collar workers.

单词	blue-collar
释义	blue-collarˌblue-ˈcollar adjective [only before noun] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES His political support comes mainly from blue-collar workers. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Always a blue-collar town, Gary developed into a mighty industrial force on the strength of the nearby lakefront steel mills. Aside from its cast, the show was lauded for its honest and realistic depiction of blue-collar family life. His ability to deliver the C2 blue-collar, Essex-man vote has, arguably, won them the last two general elections. Lately, the restaurant chain, which caters mainly to blue-collar diners, has been hurt by competition. The school serves a community of approximately 10, 000 people, mostly blue-collar workers who are employed by the pickle plant. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorthe lowest class► working-class belonging to the class of people who do not have much money or power, and who have jobs where they do physical work. For example, factory workers, builders, and drivers are working-class: · Most of the people who live round here are working class.· I come from a working-class family - I'm the first one to graduate from college. ► lower-class an impolite word meaning belonging to the class that has less money, power, and education than anyone else: · It has been shown that children of lower-class parents are less likely to do well at school.· My mother's parents thought my father was terribly lower-class. ► the masses all the ordinary people in society who do not have power or influence, especially when they are thought of as not being very educated: · Television has brought cheap entertainment to the masses.· Lenin's position depended on the support of the masses. ► blue-collar : blue-collar worker/job/employee someone who does physical work, for example in a factory or a mine, and does not work in an office: · His political support comes mainly from blue-collar workers. ► humble : of (a) humble background/family/origins etc from a low social class and without much money, but often with a lot of determination to work hard and succeed: · The school had originally provided a good education for children of humble backgrounds.· Eisenhower, Nixon, and Ford were all men of humble origins and no inherited wealth. ► underclass the lowest social class, who are very poor and may not have jobs, homes etc: · The government has created an underclass who do not feel they have any rights in society. WORD SETS► Employment absenteeism, nounarticled clerk, black economy, nounbloodletting, nounblue-collar, adjectivebook-keeper, nounboss, nounbusiness agent, career path, nouncareer structure, nounCFO, Chartered Financial Consultant, nounCIO, co-manager, nouncommercial agent, company car, nouncompany doctor, company officer, competence, nouncompliance officer, co-worker, nouncreative director, curriculum vitae, nounCV, noundeputy chairman, deskill, verbdismiss, verbdowngrade, verbdownsize, verbearn, verbearner, nounemploy, verbemployable, adjectiveemployee, nounemployer, nounemployment agency, nounengage, verbenrolled agent, escrow agent, executive chairman, filing clerk, fill-in, nounfull-time, adjectiveheadhunter, nounhealth and safety, nounhuman resources, nounjob application, job centre, nounjobless, adjectivelabour exchange, nounledger clerk, moonlight, verbnatural wastage, nounnepotism, nounnetworking, nounnine to five, adverbnumber-cruncher, nounoccupational, adjectiveoff, adverboff-duty, adjectiveoperative, nounoutwork, nounoverseer, nounoverstaffed, adjectivepenalty clause, nounpension fund, nounpension plan, nounpersonnel, nounpiecework, nounpositive discrimination, nounpost, nounpreferment, nounproject engineer, qualification, nounqualify, verbquit, verbrecommendation, nounrecruit, verbredeploy, verbredundancy, nounredundant, adjectivereferee, nounreference, nounreinstate, verbresearch manager, resign, verbresignation, nounresume, nounretired, adjectiveretiree, nounretirement, nounself-employed, adjectivesharecropper, nounshift, nounskilled, adjectivetechnical analyst, testimonial, nountime and motion study, nountrainee, nountransfer agent, underemployed, adjectiveundermanned, adjectiveunderstaffed, adjectiveunemployable, adjectiveunemployed, adjectiveunemployment, noununemployment benefit, noununskilled, adjectivevacancy, nounvacant, adjectivewhite-collar, adjectiveworkday, nounwork experience, nounworkforce, nounworking papers, nounworkweek, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► worker · The party and its leaders were defended neither by white nor blue-collar workers nor kolkhoz farmers.· The school serves a community of approximately 10, 000 people, mostly blue-collar workers who are employed by the pickle plant.· Cosby portrays a blue-collar worker who was forced to retire early from an airline.· Buchanan successfully tapped the economic insecurity of blue-collar workers by slamming trade agreements embraced by most Republican leaders, including Dole.· These categories include white-collar workers as well as blue-collar workers.· For most of the 1980s that international mobility undermined mostly blue-collar workers. blue-collar workers do physical work, rather than working in offices → white-collar, pink-collar
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