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(often in compounds 常构成复合词 a person who works, especially one who does a particular kind of work 工作者；人员 farm/factory/office workers 农场／工厂工人；职员 construction/health/care workers 建筑/保健/护理工人 manual/skilled/unskilled workers 体力劳动者；熟练／非熟练工人 temporary/part-time/casual workers 临时工；兼职工；零工 seasonal migrant workers picking blueberries 采摘蓝莓的季节性农民工 Aid workers quickly arrived at the scene of the disaster. 救援人员迅速到达受灾现场。
Collocationssee also guest worker, sanitation worker, sex worker, social workerJobs 工作 Jobs 职业 Getting a job 找工作 - look for work
找工作 - look for/apply for/go for a job
找工作；申请一个职位；努力争取工作 - get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (British English) fill in an application (form)
得到／拿到／完成／填写申请（表） - send/email your (British English) CV/(North American English) résumé/application/application form/covering letter
寄／通过电邮发送简历／申请／申请表／附函 - be called for/have/attend an interview
被要求参加／有／参加面试 - offer somebody a job/work/employment/promotion
给某人提供一份工作；雇用某人；提拔某人 - find/get/land a job
找到工作 - employ/ (especially North American English) hire/recruit/ (especially British English) take on staff/workers/trainees
雇用员工／工人／实习生 - recruit/appoint a manager
招聘／任命经理
Doing a job 做工作 - arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory
上／下班；到办公室／工厂上班；从办公室／工厂下班 - start/finish work/your shift
开始／结束工作／轮班工作时间 - do/put in/work overtime
加班 - have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications
拥有／获得／缺乏／需要经验／资格 - do/get/have/receive training
做／得到／接受培训 - learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills
学习／偶然学会／提高／发展技能 - cope with/manage/share/spread the workload
应付／勉力完成／分担／分摊工作量 - improve your/achieve a better work-life balance
达到更好的工作与生活的平衡 - have (no) job satisfaction/job security
有／没有工作满足感／职业保障
Building a career 建立职业生涯 - have a job/work/a career/a vocation
有工作／事业／职业 - find/follow/pursue/ (especially North American English) live (out) your vocation
找到／从事／致力于／实践适合自己的职业 - enter/go into/join a profession
加入一个行业 - choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career
选择／从事／开始／致力于一种职业 - change jobs/profession/career
换工作／行业／职业 - be/ (both especially British English) work/go freelance
做自由职业 - do/take on temp work/freelance work
做／开始从事临时工作／特约工作 - do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work
做／从事／参与义务性工作
Leaving your job 离职 - leave/ (especially North American English) quit/resign from your job
离职；辞职 - give up work/your job/your career
放弃工作／事业 - hand in your notice/resignation
递交辞呈 - plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.
计划／预计六月／明年等退休 - take early retirement
提前退休
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifea1Casual workers are usually paid by the hour. 临时工通常按小时付酬。 One night in these expensive hotels costs around the average worker's monthly wage. 在这些奢华的宾馆里住一夜的费用约为普通工人一个月的工资。 These banana workers earn about $7 000 per year. 这些种植香蕉的工人每年挣大约 7,000 美元。 The average factory worker is paid a wage that is unrelated to productivity. 工厂工人的平均工资与生产率无关。 There are few jobs available for manual workers. 体力劳动者的工作机会不多。 We will take on several casual workers over the summer months. 我们夏季将雇用几个零工。 blue-collar/white-collar workers 蓝领/白领工人 shipyard/steel/rail workers 造船厂/钢铁/铁路工人 public sector/healthcare workers 公共部门/保健工作者 research workers 研究人员 She works as a youth worker at the community centre. 她在社区中心做青年工人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
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a person who is employed in a company or industry, especially somebody who does physical work rather than organizing things or managing people 雇员；（尤指）劳工，工人 Conflict between employers and workers intensified and the number of strikes rose. 劳资矛盾加剧，罢工次数增多。 Talks between workers and management have ended today. 劳资谈判今天结束了。
Extra ExamplesThe union accused the company of exploiting its workers. 工会指责公司剥削工人。 The workers voted for industrial action. 工人表决赞成采取劳工行动。 The workers walked out last month after a failure to agree terms. 因未能就某些条款达成一致，工人上个月举行了罢工。 Workers demanded fair wages and better working conditions. 工人要求合理的工资和更好的工作环境。 worker participation in decision making 工人参与决策 400 workers have lost their jobs. 400 名工人失去了工作。 88% of the workers commute by car. 88% 的工人开车上下班。 The public are demanding more worker protection. 公众正要求对劳工进行更多的保护。 The shop is staffed by one paid worker and three volunteers. 该商店的工作人员包括一名领薪水的工人和三名志愿者。 Striking workers demanded the right to independent trade unions. 罢工工人要求独立工会的权利。 He will speak out on workers' rights. 他将大声疾呼工人的权利。 unemployed workers 失业工人 unsafe working conditions among workers 工人中不安全的工作条件 The plant employs about 500 workers. 这家工厂雇用了大约500名工人。 Growers cannot afford to hire workers with farm prices so low. 种植者雇不起价格如此低廉的工人。 to sack/fire workers 解雇工人 Our job in the union was to represent our workers. 我们在工会的工作是代表我们的工人。 These labor laws protect workers from being fired and replaced. 这些劳动法保护工人不被解雇和替换。 Workers at the company are paid fair wages. 这家公司的工人得到公平的工资。 a workers' union/movement 工人工会/运动
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
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(usually after an adjective 通常置于形容词后 a person who works in a particular way 干活…的人 a hard/fast/quick/slow worker 做事努力／快／麻利／慢的人 He's a worker (= he works very hard). 他是个工人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- hard
- willing
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- have
- pay
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- labour/labor
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- work
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- participation
- productivity
- compensation
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- workers’ demands
- workers’ rights
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a female bee that helps do the work of the group of bees but does not produce young 工蜂
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a fast worker
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a person who knows how to get what they want quickly, especially when beginning a sexual relationship with somebody 善于迅速达到目的的人；（尤指恋爱方面）善于一下子获得青睐的人