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单词 labourer
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Definition of labourer in English:

labourer

(US laborer)
noun ˈleɪb(ə)rəˈleɪb(ə)rər
  • A person doing unskilled manual work for wages.

    劳动者,劳工

    a farm labourer

    农场劳工。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He became a press operator and then moved into the building trade as a labourer until an industrial injury on a building site left him unable to continue.
    • Only the large and very large farms, 17 per cent of the total, were large enough to require the employment of a permanent labourer.
    • They say the system is broken and it is creating hardship for day laborers and their families.
    • A construction labourer was killed and another sustained injuries when a private bus hit their motorcycle in Vazhapadi here on Sunday.
    • Authorities say the trio offered the day laborers work and then drove them to secluded areas to rob them at knifepoint.
    • By industry and thrift, labourers would have the chance to buy their own land.
    • The labourers employed there had also worked in Queensland and Fiji, where they had used pidgin English.
    • This law excluded Chinese laborers, both skilled and unskilled, from entering the United States for ten years.
    • Most construction laborers learn informally on the job, but becoming an apprentice can really pay off.
    • Industrial and agricultural child labourers work long, monotonous hours, with few breaks.
    • ‘I am just a widower looking after his three children; a poor labourer who gets by picking olives and minding the vegetable patch,’ he told reporters.
    • Through the Bootham-based Youth Enquiry Service he has the chance of a room in a shared house, which could lead to employment as a labourer.
    • Most of these child labourers work under the nose of senior government officials.
    • The indigenous Irish community were to be employed as labourers in the colony.
    • It also employs labourers to help clear sites, providing pay that enables Afghan men to put food on the table for their families.
    • Officials said that the labourers lived in overcrowded conditions with no proper sanitation facilities.
    • It is the laborer who produces things for the consumer to buy and for the capitalist to profit from.
    • Mr Rooney was a labourer, with little employment to be had around Croxteth.
    • The work of construction laborers is closely related to other construction occupations.
    • Also with the highest overall injury rate, the region's laborers were the most likely to face physical risk.
    Synonyms
    workman, worker, working man, hand, manual worker, unskilled worker, blue-collar worker, hired hand, hired man, roustabout, labouring man, drudge, menial
    in Spanish America peon
    Australian/New Zealand rouseabout
    Indian mazdoor, khalasi
    dated navvy
    in Scotland &amp Ireland, historical cottar
    in Australia, historical kanaka
    archaic mechanic, cottier

Definition of laborer in US English:

laborer

(British labourer)
nounˈleɪb(ə)rərˈlāb(ə)rər
  • A person doing unskilled manual work for wages.

    劳动者,劳工

    a farm laborer

    农场劳工。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He became a press operator and then moved into the building trade as a labourer until an industrial injury on a building site left him unable to continue.
    • Authorities say the trio offered the day laborers work and then drove them to secluded areas to rob them at knifepoint.
    • They say the system is broken and it is creating hardship for day laborers and their families.
    • The labourers employed there had also worked in Queensland and Fiji, where they had used pidgin English.
    • The indigenous Irish community were to be employed as labourers in the colony.
    • Mr Rooney was a labourer, with little employment to be had around Croxteth.
    • Most of these child labourers work under the nose of senior government officials.
    • A construction labourer was killed and another sustained injuries when a private bus hit their motorcycle in Vazhapadi here on Sunday.
    • Industrial and agricultural child labourers work long, monotonous hours, with few breaks.
    • This law excluded Chinese laborers, both skilled and unskilled, from entering the United States for ten years.
    • The work of construction laborers is closely related to other construction occupations.
    • By industry and thrift, labourers would have the chance to buy their own land.
    • Only the large and very large farms, 17 per cent of the total, were large enough to require the employment of a permanent labourer.
    • It is the laborer who produces things for the consumer to buy and for the capitalist to profit from.
    • Most construction laborers learn informally on the job, but becoming an apprentice can really pay off.
    • Through the Bootham-based Youth Enquiry Service he has the chance of a room in a shared house, which could lead to employment as a labourer.
    • It also employs labourers to help clear sites, providing pay that enables Afghan men to put food on the table for their families.
    • Also with the highest overall injury rate, the region's laborers were the most likely to face physical risk.
    • ‘I am just a widower looking after his three children; a poor labourer who gets by picking olives and minding the vegetable patch,’ he told reporters.
    • Officials said that the labourers lived in overcrowded conditions with no proper sanitation facilities.
    Synonyms
    workman, worker, working man, hand, manual worker, unskilled worker, blue-collar worker, hired hand, hired man, roustabout, labouring man, drudge, menial
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