peon

• 名词，指从事低技能、低地位或卑微工作的劳工或苦力，常被迫做辛苦且不受尊重的工作。

A noun referring to a laborer or worker who is obliged to perform menial or low-status tasks.

1. Menial laborerB2formal

   A worker who is required to perform low-status, unskilled, or physically demanding tasks.

   苦力

   • The peon was tasked with cleaning the factory floor.
   • In the old system, peons were often overworked and underpaid.
   • He started as a peon but worked his way up to manager.

   同义词dogsbodydrudgegrubhacklaborermenialslaveworker

2. Subordinate or low-ranking personB2informalamerican

   A person of low social or occupational status, often subject to orders from others.

   底层员工

   • In the corporate world, interns are often treated like peons.
   • He felt like a peon in the large organization.
   • The boss yelled at the peons for the mistake.

   同义词drudgeflunkeygruntinferiorlaborermenialminionservantsubordinateunderling