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labour market

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Economics
ˈlabour ˌmarket British English, labor market American English noun [countable]  PEthe people looking for work and the jobs that are available at that time 劳工市场,劳动力市场 married women re-entering the labour market 重返劳动力市场的已婚妇女
Examples from the Corpus
labour marketThe directive is designed to ease labour market restrictions and strengthen the single market.An analysis of the results should shed light on the workings of the Northern Ireland labour market.Being in work, nomatterhow poor the conditions, opens up the possibility of recruitment into the primary labour market.Lone parents have much smaller proportions of household heads in the labour market than two parent families.Age barriers also served to structure the young adults' experience of the labour market.Problems would seem to exist on both the supply and demand side of the labour market for designers.
ˈlabour ˌmarket nounChineseSyllable
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labour market
ˈlabour ˌmarket British English, labor market American English noun [countable]
the people looking for work and the jobs that are available at that time:
    married women re-entering the labour market


labour marketBrE /ˈleɪbə mɑːkɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈleɪbər mɑːrkɪt/ 🔊 (especially US ˈlabor market) nounthe number of people who are available for work in relation to the number of jobs available 劳动力市场young people about to enter the labour market即将进入劳动力市场的年轻人