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

• 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。
• （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

• N-COUNT (某一国家或地区的)劳动力，劳动人口
  Theworkforceis 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
• N-COUNT (某公司的)全体员工，职工总数
  Theworkforceis 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

英英释义

noun

• the force of workers available
  Synonym:work forcemanpowerhandsmen

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
  他们想要廉价的、听话的劳动力。