blue-collar

英 [ˌbluː ˈkɒlə(r)]

美 [ˌbluː ˈkɑːlər]

adj.  从事体力劳动的; 蓝领的

BEC

牛津词典

adj.

• 从事体力劳动的；蓝领的
  connected with people who do physical work in industry
  1. blue-collar workers/voters/votes
     蓝领工人 / 选民 / 选票

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 蓝领的；从事体力劳动的
  Blue-collarworkers work in industry, doing physical work, rather than in offices.
  1. By 1925, blue-collar workers in manufacturing industry had become the largest occupational group.
     到1925年，制造业的蓝领工人已成为最大的职业群体。

双语例句

• In its heyday, unionised manufacturing supported a US blue-collar middle class with good wages and welfare benefits.
  在通用汽车全盛时期，工会化的制造业为美国蓝领中产阶级提供了优厚的薪酬和福利待遇。
• Taiwan currently has the same minimum wage for foreign and domestic blue-collar workers, but business groups have been advocating separate wage tracks.
  目前台湾的本地蓝领工人和外籍蓝领工人都适用相同的最低工资标准，但台湾的商业团体一直建议政府让这两个群体分别适用不同的最低工资标准。
• The disappearance of blue-collar and entry-level jobs is already a problem, and that problem will grow.
  蓝领阶层和基础职位的消失已经成了一个问题，而这个问题还将继续扩大。
• I still think of myself as a blue-collar worker.
  我还是把自己当作一个蓝领工人。
• So they are called blue-collar workers.
  因此，他们被称为蓝领工人。
• One study, of blue-collar women workers, showed that daily consumption of bananas reduced their incidence of illness, while improving morale, attentiveness and energy levels.
  一组针对蓝领女工的研究表明，每天食用香蕉不仅可以降低她们的患病率，且可提高她们的斗志、注意力和活力。
• Companies often cite a paucity of domestic blue-collar workers as a barrier.
  台湾企业常常说，本地蓝领工人不足是妨碍他们在台湾投资的一个因素。
• Job pressures have caused some students to take jobs as technical workers or in other blue-collar occupations, but their parents are seldom happy about it, fearing the children will not be paid well or achieve a high social status.
  工作压力已经导致一些学生在技术工人或其他蓝领职业领域参加工作，但他们的父母对此很少开心，担心孩子们会不赚钱或达不到一个高的社会地位。
• Chan, a 34-year-old high-school dropout, has one of Hong Kong's most vertiginous and challenging blue-collar jobs.
  陈，34岁，高中辍学生，是香港最令人眩晕，最具挑战性的蓝领工人之一。
• This applies to all white-collar employees, and sometimes to blue-collar workers as well.
  这些规定不仅适用于白领阶层，而且有时也适用于蓝领阶层。