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

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