词汇释义
n.migrant worker
例句
Despite high property prices, migrant worker Fan Xiaoshun has decided to buy an apartment in the prosperous eastern Jiangsu province.
尽管房价很高,农民工Fan Xiaoshun还是决定在富裕的东部省份江苏购买房子。
【百科知识】
中国的“民工”
中国大陆特有词汇,指身为中国大陆特有的农业户口身份的工人;指从农村进入城市,依靠替雇主工作为谋生手段,但不具备非农业户口的社会群体。
Migrant workers from China's impoverished regions search for work in the more prosperous coastal regions. According to Chinese government statistics, the current number of migrant workers in China is estimated at 120 million, approximately 9% of the population. China’s urban migrants sent home the equivalent of US$65.4 billion in 2005.
联合国定义的“民工”
The "United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families" defines migrant worker as follows:
"The term 'migrant worker' refers to a person who is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a State of which he or she is not a national."