wage earner

英 [ˈweɪdʒ ɜːnə(r)]

美 [ˈweɪdʒ ɜːrnər]

n.  挣钱的人; 挣工资的人

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 挣钱的人；挣工资的人
  a person who earns money, especially a person who works for wages
  1. We have two wage earners in the family.
     我们家有两个人挣钱。

英英释义

noun

• someone who earn wages in return for their labor
  Synonym:earner

双语例句

• Income may be lost as the result of the death, disability, or unemployment of a family wage earner.
  家庭中挣工资的人可能由于死亡、失劳动力或失业而使这个家庭失去收入。
• In some families, the woman is the sole wage earner.
  在某些家庭中妇女是惟一挣工资的人。
• Light snacks with good taste at low prices, wage earner's Best choice to match the quick life tempo.
  简便快餐，价廉味美，工薪阶层快节奏生活的选择。
• Li Shanshan is a typical wage earner.
  李珊珊是典型的工薪一族。
• She's the main wage earner in the family.
  她是家里的主要工资来源。
• The young wage earner often earns good money, and soon acquires a feeling of economic independence.
  靠工资为生的青年人常常收入甚丰。不久就有了一种经济独立的感觉。
• Since the new law touches upon the interests of every wage earner, this warning has sparked heated discussion in different newspapers. Let's follow XXX to take a close look.
  由于新合同法涉及到每个工薪族的利益，这种预言在全国各报刊上引起激烈的讨论，让我们和X一起关注一下这个问题。
• You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
  你不能通过从发工资的那里直接抽取金钱来援助工薪阶层。
• Families in which the woman is the sole wage earner have to cope with many social and financial pressures.
  只靠女人赚钱养家的现象势必要遭受不少社会上和经济上的双重压力。
• As long as a couple is compatible, it doesn't matter who is the larger wage earner.
  只要夫妇和睦相处，谁赚更多钱并不重要。