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。
• They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
  他们想要廉价的、听话的劳动力。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The company yesterday shed a sixth of its workforce.
  这家公司昨天裁掉了1/6的员工。
• 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。