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shop floor

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Factories
ˌshop ˈfloor noun [singular]  1 TIFthe area in a factory where the ordinary workers do their work 〔工厂的〕生产区,工作车间on the shop floor The chairwoman started her working life on the shop floor. 这位主席是从生产车间开始她的职业生涯的。2 WORKERthe ordinary workers in a factory, not the managers 〔工厂的〕普通工人〔非管理人员〕 negotiations between the shop floor and management 劳资双方的谈判
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shop floorWorking Conditions Most industrial production managers divide their time between the shop floor and their office.Of course, we also provide practical project management training from the shop floor up.The effects of large-scale unemployment and changes in the laws affecting trade unions have sapped militancy on the shop floor.Staff working in the office, on the shop floor and in the warehouse may well communicate via the internal telephone system.They were, in fact, star workers whose performance on the shop floor was being rewarded with a weekend in paradise.In metalworking, your margins end up on the shop floor with even the slightest employee inattention.Over several years, the company had introduced these new machines on to the shop floor.How can you go back there, to the shop floor?on the shop floorData Communications: Collection and manipulation of data on the shop floor with a view to allowing more efficient management of the industry's resources.Support groups were located on the shop floor around the high-performance teams which they served.The machinist on the shop floor could detect but not correct the error.The effects of large-scale unemployment and changes in the laws affecting trade unions have sapped militancy on the shop floor.Staff working in the office, on the shop floor and in the warehouse may well communicate via the internal telephone system.I believe any young graduate would get an awful lot of value from working with people on the shop floor.They were, in fact, star workers whose performance on the shop floor was being rewarded with a weekend in paradise.In metalworking, your margins end up on the shop floor with even the slightest employee inattention.
ˌshop ˈfloor nounChineseSyllable
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shop floor
ˌshop ˈfloor noun [singular]
1. the area in a factory where the ordinary workers do their work
    on the shop floor
    The chairwoman started her working life on the shop floor.
2. the ordinary workers in a factory, not the managers:
    negotiations between the shop floor and management


shop floorBrE /ˌʃɒp ˈflɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʃɑːp ˈflɔːr/ 🔊 noun [singular] the area in a factory where the goods are made by the workers (工厂的)生产区to work on the shop floor 在生产区工作the workers in a factory, not the managers 工厂工人(非管理人员)

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