ADJECTIVE | VERB + WORKER | WORKER + VERB | WORKER + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤good, hard, willing好工人;工作努力的人;積極肯幹的工人▸➤productive高效的工人▸➤fast, quick工作利索的人▸➤methodical, steady工作有條理的人;穩重的工人▸➤slow工作速度慢的人▸➤core, key核心/關鍵崗位的員工▸➤full-time, part-time全職/兼職工人▸➤permanent固定工➤temporary臨時工▸➤casual臨時工◇Casual workers are usually paid by the hour.臨時工通常按小時付酬。➤shift輪班職工▸➤migrant, seasonal流動工人;季節工▸➤freelance自由職業者▸➤self-employed個體戶▸➤paid, salaried有償/拿薪水的工作者▸➤voluntary, volunteer志願工作者▸➤low-paid, low-wage, minimum-wage (NAmE) 低薪工作者;拿最低工資的人▸➤jobless, laid-off, redundant, unemployed失業工人;被解雇的工人;冗員▸➤retired退休工人▸➤female, male, woman女工;男工▸➤black, white黑人/白人工人▸➤guest, immigrant客籍/移民工人➤illegal, undocumented (NAmE) 非法/無證工人▸➤fellow同事;工友▸➤average普通工人◇One night in these hotels costs around the average worker's monthly wage.在這些賓館裏住一夜的費用約為普通工人一個月的工資。➤skilled技術工▸➤low-skilled, unskilled低技術工;非技術工▸➤semi-skilled半技術工▸➤blue-collar, manual藍領工人;體力勞動者▸➤clerical, office, white-collar辦事員;辦公室工作人員;白領工人▸➤professional專業人員▸➤shop-floor車間工人➤unionized加入工會的工人➤non-union未入工會的工人▸➤private-sector, public-sector私營機構/國有部門工作者▸➤council, municipal市政工作者▸➤assembly-line, factory, garment, industrial, manufacturing, mill, production生產線/工廠/製衣廠/產業/製造業/作坊/生產工人▸➤construction建築工人▸➤metal, steel, textile金屬業/鋼鐵廠/紡織廠工人➤auto, car汽車廠工人▸➤maintenance維修工人▸➤transit, transport, transportation (NAmE) 運輸業工人▸➤rail, railroad, railway (BrE) 鐵路工人▸➤agricultural, farm, rural農業工人;農場工人▸➤health, health-care, hospital衞生/保健/醫院工作者➤care, childcare, community, day-care, home-care, outreach, social, welfare, youth護理員;保育員;社區工作者;託兒所工作人員;家庭護理員;外展服務員;社會工作者;福利工作者;青少年工作者▸➤emergency, rescue急救/救援人員➤aid, humanitarian, relief援助人員;提供人道服務者;救濟人員▸➤charity慈善事業工作者▸➤field, research實地考察工作者;研究人員▸➤domestic家政服務人員▸➤postal郵政人員➤sanitation (NAmE) 環衞工人VERB + WORKER➤employ, have聘用工人;有員工➤pay給員工付酬▸➤engage, hire, recruit, take on雇用工人;招募工人;聘用工人▸➤dismiss, fire, lay off, make redundant, sack (especially BrE) 解雇工人;開除工人;使工人下崗;裁員▸➤exploit剝削工人◇The union accused the company of exploiting its workers.工會指責公司剝削工人。➤educate, train教育/培訓工人➤protect保護工人➤organize, unionize組織工人;讓工人加入工會WORKER + VERB➤labour/labor, toil (literary) , work工人勞動/辛苦勞作/做工➤earn sth工人掙⋯◇These banana workers earn about $7 000 per year.這些種植香蕉的工人每年掙大約 7,000 美元。➤run sth, staff sth工人經營⋯/在⋯就職◇The kitchen is staffed by three volunteers.廚房裏的工作人員是 3 個志願者。➤lose a job工人失去工作◇400 workers have lost their jobs.400 名工人失去了工作。➤commute工人通勤◇88% of the workers commute by car.88% 的工人開車上下班。➤demand sth工人要求⋯◇Workers demanded fair wages and better working conditions.工人要求合理的工資和更好的工作環境。➤vote工人投票◇The workers voted for strike action.工人表決贊成罷工。➤(be on) strike, walk out工人罷工◇The workers walked out last month after a failure to agree terms.因未能就某些條款達成一致,工人上個月舉行了罷工。WORKER + NOUN➤participation工人參與◇worker participation in decision-making工人參與決策➤productivity (NAmE) 員工勞動生產率➤compensation (NAmE) 工傷補償金➤protection, rights (both NAmE) 勞工保護;工人權利◇The public are demanding more worker protection.公眾正要求對勞工進行更多的保護。PHRASES➤the exploitation of workers對工人的剝削▸➤workers' demands, workers' rights工人的要求;工人權利➡ note at job