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

• 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。
• White-Collar Man in a Blue-Collar World
  蓝领世界中的白领人
• 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。
• The solution, then, would simply be to offer more training and education to displaced blue-collar workers.
  那么解决办法不过是向被取代了的蓝领工人提供更多培训和教育。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• I still think of myself as a blue-collar worker.
  我还是把自己当作一个蓝领工人。
• 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。