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

• Our workforce is highly trained and competitive.
  我们的员工队伍训练有素，竞争意识强。
• 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%。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce.
  几乎一半的员工担心失业。