| 单词 | wage-earning |
| 释义 | wage-earning (once / 26207 pages) adj WORD FAMILY wage-earning USAGE EXAMPLESSome finally have time after their wage-earning and child-raising years have ended. Washington Post(Nov 10, 2016) Our economy is predatory and works to debase all human life for the common wage-earning class. New York Times(May 31, 2016) And many of them have viewed the exemption as a bad policy because business owners escape income taxes while their wage-earning workers cannot. Washington Times(Apr 29, 2016) 1adj of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers Syn blue-collar, propertyless, working-class low-class, lower-class occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society 2adj working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries Syn working-class blue-collar of or designating manual industrial work or workers |
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