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

• So they are called blue-collar workers.
  因此，他们被称为蓝领工人。
• 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。
• Blue-collar workers in the United States have also lost out.
  在美国的蓝领工人也失去了很多。
• The town remains largely blue-collar, but manufacturing jobs are hard to come by.
  如今镇上的居民仍以蓝领工人为主，但制造业的工作很难找。
• There are some drawbacks to unions? But they have done a lot of good for blue-collar workers.
  工会是有些缺点，但他们为蓝领工人谋了不少福利。
• As denim became more and more essential to blue-collar worker wear, the need for indigo increased, too.
  由于牛仔布越来越重要的蓝领工人磨损，对靛蓝需要增加，也。
• 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。
• 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 jobs should be valued more than blue-collar jobs.
  白领的工作应比蓝领的更受人尊重。
• Many women whose husbands were blue-collar workers had white-collar jobs themselves.
  许多丈夫为蓝领劳工的妇女本身却从事白领的工作。