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

• 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。
• It is not clear how many of those white, blue-collar voters he will persuade to back Mr Obama.
  现在还不清楚到底他会说服多少白人蓝领选民支持奥巴马。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。