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 a blue-collar suburb of Detroit, an old school has been converted into a dormitory for 88 students from China.
  在底特律一个蓝领聚居的郊区，人们将一所老学校改造成了宿舍楼，供来自中国的88名学生居住。
• White-collar jobs should be valued more than blue-collar jobs.
  白领的工作应比蓝领的更受人尊重。
• 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。
• The jobs of many blue-collar workers are now done by machines.
  许多蓝领工人的工作现在已由机器替代。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A squeeze on bank lending has prompted some businesses short of cash to stop paying wages to blue-collar workers.
  银行贷款收紧导致一些现金不足的企业暂停给蓝领工人发工资。
• Benjamin spent less time with intellectuals and more with his blue-collar employees, and sure enough, his business sense surged.
  Benjamin花更少的时间和知识分子在一起，更多的时间和蓝领在一起，果不其然，他的商业感大大提高。