hireling

英 ['haɪəlɪŋ] 美 ['haɪərlɪŋ]

• n. 雇工；为金钱干活的人

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person who works only for money

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The hireling works for a shop.
   那个雇工在一家商店工作。
2. The salary of a hireling is 6 pounds per day.
   雇工一天的工资是六镑。
3. He had no authority; he was merely a hireling.
   他没有权力；他只是个受雇者。

经典引文

• Baser hirelings, who live by lies on good men's lives.

  出自： Byron

• I hoped that the infantry of the line would do better than our Arab hirelings.

  出自： A. Duggan

近反义词

【近义词】

• worker 工人
• creature 生物
• puppet 木偶
• servant 仆人
• employee 雇员
• pensionary 领养老金(或退休金...