workforce

英 [ˈwɜːkfɔːs] 美 [ˈwɜːrkfɔːrs]

n.  全体员工; (国家或行业等的)劳动力,劳动大军,劳动人口

复数:workforces

高考IELTS

Collins.2 / BNC.4217 / COCA.6617



牛津词典

noun

  1. 全体员工
    all the people who work for a particular company, organization, etc.
    1. The factory has a 1000-strong workforce.
      这家工厂的职工多达千人。
    2. Two thirds of the workforce is/are women.
      职工中的三分之二是妇女。
  2. (国家或行业等的)劳动力,劳动大军,劳动人口
    all the people in a country or an area who are available for work
    1. A quarter of the local workforce is/are unemployed.
      本地四分之一的劳动力都失业了。

柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT (某一国家或地区的)劳动力,劳动人口
    The workforce is the total number of people in a country or region who are physically able to do a job and are available for work.
    1. ...a country where half the workforce is unemployed.
      有一半劳动力失业的国家
  2. N-COUNT (某公司的)全体员工,职工总数
    The workforce is the total number of people who are employed by a particular company.
    1. ...an employer of a very large workforce.
      雇用了大量员工的雇主

双语例句

  1. The workforce have recently been calling for their working hours to be reduced. Many companies have accordingly switched to a five-day week.
    工人们最近一直在呼吁缩短工作时间。许多公司于是转成了一周五天工作制。
  2. It is too early to say what effect, if any, there will be on the workforce.
    如果会对劳动力产生一些影响,现在就说是什么影响还言之过早。
  3. The company plans to cut a quarter of its workforce over six years through natural attrition and fewer hirings.
    公司计划在6年内通过人员自然流失和减少雇用使员工总数减少1/4。
  4. To clear the land and harvest the bananas they decided they needed a male workforce
    为了清理那片地和收割香蕉,他们决定雇请男劳力。
  5. They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
    他们想要廉价的、听话的劳动力。
  6. The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred
    工厂雇员总数已经从4,000多人减少到几百人。
  7. They reckoned he was a hatchet man, out to shred the workforce and crush the union.
    他们估计他是上司派来的刽子手,专门对工人大开杀戒,大肆镇压工会。
  8. The job losses will reduce the total workforce to 7,000.
    职位减少后,在职工人总数将减至7,000人。
  9. This could pitch the government into confrontation with the workforce.
    这有可能把政府推向与工人正面交锋的境地。
  10. Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce.
    几乎一半的员工担心失业。
  11. We needed to reskill our workforce to cope with massive technological change
    我们得让工人学习新技能,以应对巨大的技术变革。
  12. One factory has had to scale down its workforce from six hundred to only six
    一家工厂不得不将员工人数从600名裁减至仅剩6名。
  13. The company yesterday shed a sixth of its workforce.
    这家公司昨天裁掉了1/6的员工。
  14. Even in a highly skilled workforce some people will be more capable and thus better paid than others.
    就算是在技术高度熟练的劳动者中,也会有人能力更强,因此,薪水也就更高。
  15. Young people were several times more likely to be out of work than older members of the workforce
    劳动人口中,年轻人失业的可能性是年长者的好几倍。
  16. Our workforce is highly trained and competitive.
    我们的员工队伍训练有素,竞争意识强。
  17. In July Belgium's jobless rate was unchanged at 8.2% of the workforce.
    7月份,比利时的失业率没有发生变化,仍占劳动人口的8.2%。
  18. The management decided to economize by cutting the dead wood from the workforce, thus reducing the wages bill.
    资方决定节省开支,裁减劳动力中的冗员,这样可以减少工资支出。
  19. The long-standing dispute about working conditions finally came to a head when the workforce voted for strike action.
    关于工作条件的长期争论终于达到了白热化的程度,工人们投票赞成罢工。
  20. Establishes the roles and responsibilities of management in communicating their support for this new mission to the workforce.
    设立管理层在向职工沟通管理层对新使命的支持过程中的角色和职责。
  21. It also describes current workforce demographics and future job prospects.
    而且,书中也描述了当前劳动力人口统计学以及对将来工作的展望。
  22. Human capital is the education, skills, and health of the workforce.
    人力资本则是教育,技能和劳动力的健康。
  23. We have accumulated many years of casting experience of20 years, with professional and technical personnel and skilled workforce.
    我们积累了20年多年的压铸经验,拥有专业的技术人才和熟练的员工队伍。
  24. But as fewer young people enter the workforce, wages are now rising faster than productivity.
    但随着进入劳动力市场的年轻人愈来愈少,如今的工资增长速度已经超过了生产率。
  25. Chinese and Indian companies are investing in Germany as well because they appreciate our know-how and our skilled workforce.
    中国和印度企业也开始在德国投资,他们看重我们的技术和掌握熟练技能的工人。
  26. Women have increased their political participation and have massively entered the workforce.
    妇女提高了她们的政治参与率,大规模地进入了劳动大军。
  27. Second, even as the workforce declines, increased education and infrastructure spending will raise worker productivity.
    其次,即便劳动力减少,教育和基础设施投资的增加也会提高工人的生产力。
  28. Nuclear power can benefit developing countries but requires long-term planning and an educated workforce, says Michael J.Mangala.
    MichaelJ.Mangala说,核电可以造福发展中国家,但是这需要长期规划和受过教育的劳动力。
  29. We closed the design department and redeploy the workforce in the publicity and sale department.
    我们关闭了设计部门并重新布置了广告宣传部和销售部的劳动力。

英英释义

noun

  1. the force of workers available

      Synonym:    work forcemanpowerhandsmen