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

• Too many companies still view men as the primary wage earner: younger women are there to look pretty and older women to do the drudgery.
  太多企业仍然将男人视为主要雇佣劳动者：较为年轻的女性是为了充当花瓶，而年纪较大的女性则去做那些脏活累活。
• It's not so much the extra money, though I do worry about our household being completely dependent on one wage earner in a contracting economy.
  可以挣到更多的钱并不是最主要的原因，不过我确实对经济持续萎缩之际，一家子全靠一份薪水过活感到担忧。
• 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。
• The government exacts taxes from every wage earner above a certain level of income.
  政府向每个工资收入超过一定水平的人征税。
• Li Shanshan is a typical wage earner.
  李珊珊是典型的工薪一族。
• The average wage earner in China squirrels away a quarter of annual income.
  中国工薪阶层一般会将年收入的四分之一用于储蓄。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She's the main wage earner in the family.
  她是家里的主要工资来源。