一、词义辨析:
worker,workman,labourer
这些名词均含有“工人,劳动者”之意。 worker最常用词,泛指一切从事体力或脑力劳动以谋生的人。 workman指雇佣工作,尤指有特种技能的工人。 labourer多指体力劳动者,尤指无专长或专门技能的工人。
二、相关短语:
day labourer
日工
三、参考例句:
Distress everywhere inclines the labourer to listen with eagerness to agitators.
遍地的贫困会使工人如饥似渴地倾听煽动者讲话。
"My grandfather worked as a labourer on the famous Landwasser Viaduct back in 1901, "she whispers.
她耳语说:“1901年,我祖父在著名的兰德瓦瑟高架桥做工”。
The meanest labourer has the same rights as the richest employer.
最贫贱的劳动者享有和最富的雇主同样的权利。
Plantation gangs began to oust the patch cultivation of the labourer serf in the case of some staple products.
在某些主要农产品的种植上,大农场上的伙役奴隶开始撵走了耕种小块土地的农奴劳动者。
Mr Hunagundi, who works as a labourer in his village and struggles to make ends meet, now intends to travel the country to showcase his act.
Hunagundi是村里的一名工人,生活拮据。现在他打算周游全国,展示自己的特异功能。