mid-14c., "laborer, toiler, performer, doer," agent noun from work (v.). As a type of bee, 1747. As "one employed for a wage," 1848. Old English had wyrcend "worker, laborer."
权威例句
1. I only pull in 15,000 a year as a social worker.
作为一名社工,我每年仅挣15,000。
2. She expressed resentment at being interviewed by a social worker.
她表达了对被一位社工采访的愤恨。
3. Edwards is a Methodist lay preacher and social worker.
爱德华是一位循道宗在俗传教士兼社会工作者。
4. He is a hard worker and a skilled gardener.
他工作很努力,对园艺很在行。
5. Every worker will be entitled to four weeks' paid holiday a year.