workforce

美 [ˈwɜːrkfɔːrs]英 [ˈwɜːkfɔːs]
  • n.劳动力;劳动大军,劳动人口;全体员工

复数: workforces

work n.工作 + force n.力

IELTS

workforceworkforce

noun

1

全体员工
all the people who work for a particular company, organization, etc.

The factory has a 1000-strong workforce.

这家工厂的职工多达千人。

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

A quarter of the local workforce is/are unemployed.

本地四分之一的劳动力都失业了。

workforce

频次

  • 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.

    ...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.

    ...an employer of a very large workforce.

    雇用了大量员工的雇主

noun

1
the force of workers available
Synonym: work force manpower hands men

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  1. The total was close to 20 % of the workforce .

    总数接近劳动力的20%。

  2. Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle .

    现在有超过百分之十的劳动力闲置。

  3. The workforce is generally accepted to have the best conditions in Europe .

    欧洲工人的劳动环境公认是最好的。

  4. We must harness the skill and creativity of our workforce .

    我们必须尽量发挥全体职工的技能和创造力。

  5. Men still outnumber women in the paid workforce .

    在上班挣钱的人口中,男性仍然多于女性。

  6. Dissatisfaction among the managers soon permeated down to members of the workforce .

    管理人员的不满情绪很快传染给了全体职工。

  7. He incited the workforce to come out on strike .

    他煽动工人罢工。

  8. The factory has a 1000-strong workforce .

    这家工厂的职工多达千人。

  9. The strength of the workforce is about to be doubled from 3 000 to 6 000 .

    职工人数将翻一番,由3000人增加为6000人。

  10. The workforce has been slashed by half .

    职工人数裁减了一半。

  11. The workforce has been pared to the bone .

    公司员工已被裁减到极限。

  12. They 're restructuring and slimming down the workforce .

    他们正对职工加以重组和裁减。

  13. The decision incensed the workforce .

    这个决定激怒了劳工大众。

  14. 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。

  15. 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。

  16. Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce .

    几乎一半的员工担心失业。

  17. 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。

  18. The company yesterday shed a sixth of its workforce .

    这家公司昨天裁掉了1/6的员工。

  19. 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。

  20. Our workforce is highly trained and competitive .

    我们的员工队伍训练有素,竞争意识强。

  21. 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。

  22. 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。

  23. 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。

  24. 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。

  25. 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%。

  26. 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。

  27. In June 1945 , Britain still had forty-five per cent of its workforce in the Services and munitions industries .

    1945年6月,英国仍然有45%的劳动力在部队服役或就职于军火工业。

  28. They wanted a low-cost , docile workforce .

    他们想要廉价的、听话的劳动力。

  29. 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。

  30. 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。

前缀
e-n.工作

workday n. 工作日

work n.工作 + day n.一天

workmate n. 同事

work n.工作 + mate n.偶

workplace n. 工作场所

work n.工作 + place n.地点

workman n. 男工人

work n.工作 + man 人

workshop n. 车间

work n.工作 + shop 车间

后缀
e-n.力

reinforce vt. 加强

re- 再,又 + in- 在内,进入,使 + force n.力