low-paid

/ˌləʊ ˈpeɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌləʊ ˈpeɪd/ (ame, ipa)

low-paid — adjective

1. earning only a small amount of money from work, or describing a job that pays ve

1.形容詞B1
釋義

earning only a small amount of money from work, or describing a job that pays very little.

例句

Ife left the cafe because the low-paid shifts covered only bus fare.

collocation: low-paid shifts

Many low-paid hospital cleaners work nights and still share small apartments.

low-paid + worker group

同義詞
  • poorly paid

    very close in meaning, but often sounds slightly more evaluative in writing about social issues

  • underpaid

    adds the idea that the pay is unfair for the skill, effort, or responsibility involved

  • minimum-wage

    narrower, used for work paid at or near the legal lowest rate

反義詞
  • well-paid

    the usual opposite for workers or jobs that receive good pay

  • high-paying

    more often used for jobs or industries that offer a lot of money

文法句型

low-paid + worker / job / staff / role

be + low-paid

用法筆記

Usually used with nouns such as worker, job, role, post, and staff, especially in news and social discussion. Distinguish from 'underpaid': low-paid says the wage level is small, while underpaid suggests the amount is unfair for the work done.

常見錯誤

❌Nurses here are low salary workers.
✅Nurses here are low-paid workers.
💡English normally uses low-paid as the adjective before worker, not low salary.
❌He left because the work was underpaid.
✅He left because the work was low-paid.
💡underpaid often suggests unfairly low pay, not simply a low wage.