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work as a laborer
指从事体力劳动的职务。
He worked as a laborer on a construction site.
他在建筑工地上当体力劳动者。
体力劳动者；劳工
laborers — plural of laborer
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
体力劳动者；劳工
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
He worked as a laborer on a construction site.
他在建筑工地上当体力劳动者。
用手工作的人；从事体力劳动的人
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
The laborer loaded bricks onto the truck all morning.
那个体力劳动者整个上午都在把砖块装上卡车。
Many laborers find work on construction sites during the summer.
许多劳工在夏季到建筑工地找工作。
The farmer hired a laborer to help harvest the crops.
农场主雇了一名劳工帮忙收割庄稼。
指从事体力劳动的职务。
He worked as a laborer on a construction site.
他在建筑工地上当体力劳动者。
laborer 常用复数表示集体。
The company hired laborers to unload the goods.
公司雇了体力劳动者卸货。
in 后接行业或领域。
She was a laborer in the textile industry.
她曾是纺织业的体力劳动者。
Not this
He is a hard labor.
Use this
He is a hard laborer.
英语中 'labor' 是不可数名词，意为‘劳动’，不能指人。指体力劳动者应用 'laborer'。中文的‘劳动者’可能对应两者，但学习者常混淆。
Not this
He works as laborer in a factory.
Use this
He works as a laborer in a factory.
'laborer' 是可数名词单数，在泛指时需加不定冠词 'a'。中文无冠词，学习者易遗漏。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
临时工；按日雇用的工人
He worked as a day laborer at the construction site.
他在建筑工地做临时工。
流动劳工；外来务工人员
Migrant laborers often travel far from home for work.
流动劳工常常远离家乡去工作。
农场劳工
The farm laborers were picking apples before sunrise.
农场劳工在日出前采摘苹果。
建筑工人
A construction laborer must wear a hard hat on site.
建筑工人在工地上必须戴安全帽。
非技术工人；粗工
Many unskilled laborers were hired for the warehouse job.
许多非技术工人被雇来做仓库的工作。
季节工
During harvest, farms hire seasonal laborers.
收获季节，农场会雇用季节工。
劳动者应得报酬
He toiled all day without complaint, and at sunset he received his pay — the laborer is worthy of his hire.
他毫无怨言地劳作了一整天，日落时拿到了报酬——劳动者应得工钱。
葡萄园里的工人；辛勤耕耘者
For decades she has been a laborer in the vineyard of public health.
几十年来，她一直是公共卫生领域的辛勤耕耘者。
工人得工价是应当的。
This Bible proverb, 'the laborer is worthy of his hire,' is still quoted today to remind employers that workers deserve fair payment.
这句出自《圣经》的谚语——“工人得工价是应当的”——如今仍常被引用，提醒雇主工人应得公平的报酬。
Use laborers naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
labor（劳动）+ er（者）= 体力劳动者；联想劳动很辛苦，不禁说“累吧”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：construction site、farm work、employment contracts laborer 是中性词，泛指依靠体力劳动工作的人，比较常见于书面语或正式场合，如合同、报道或招聘信息；日常口语中也可使用，但不如 worker 随意。
可数名词，指体力劳动者
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