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

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