| 词汇 | hireling |
| 释义 | hireling noun[ C ] UKdisapprovinguk /ˈhaɪə.lɪŋ/ us /ˈhaɪr.lɪŋ/ someone who has been persuaded by an offer of money to do an unpleasant or unpopular job: 受雇听人使唤的人 He's not the boss, he's just a hireling employed to do the dirty work.他不是老板，只是被雇来干那些卑鄙的勾当。 Employees & colleagues alum alumna alumnae alumni alumnus compatriot employee girl goonda homeworker homeworking nominee office politics office spouse operative oppo payroll peon self-starter workmate Examples of hirelinghireling The claim that economics is a technique, and the economist a hireling, does not let the economic technician off the ethical hook. A man who can remain in high political office in these circumstances can only be described as a political hireling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never been the hireling of anybody. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that they were in fact hirelings of the moneyed and capitalist class. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He might be a puppet, or a harlot, or a hireling peer by the way you have treated him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one can say that it was a demonstration composed of hirelings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps the remedy is to release some of the hirelings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That bankruptcy exposed all sorts of lieutenants and hirelings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then he had regard to the masses; now he is having regard to the hirelings of the classes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They want to be done with this hireling world in which they have to take or steal or acquire under some subterfuge things they can gain by honest toil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of them are not hirelings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After booksellers began hiring authors and sponsoring specific translations, the shops filled quickly with poetry from hirelings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Such a court of hirelings and favorites was naturally unanimous for conviction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The government uses these hirelings to provoke resistance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They are no more than mere hirelings belonging to the foreigners... From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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