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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
  他们想要廉价的、听话的劳动力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Chinese and Indian companies are investing in Germany as well because they appreciate our know-how and our skilled workforce.
  中国和印度企业也开始在德国投资，他们看重我们的技术和掌握熟练技能的工人。
• 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。