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

• 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。
• The company yesterday shed a sixth of its workforce.
  这家公司昨天裁掉了1/6的员工。
• 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。
• 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。
• Women have increased their political participation and have massively entered the workforce.
  妇女提高了她们的政治参与率，大规模地进入了劳动大军。
• The long-standing dispute about working conditions finally came to a head when the workforce voted for strike action.
  关于工作条件的长期争论终于达到了白热化的程度，工人们投票赞成罢工。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。