workforce
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++work·force /ˈwɜːkfɔːs $ ˈwɜːrkfɔːrs/ ●○○ noun [singular] BEWORKERall the people who work in a particular industry or company, or are available to work in a particular country or area 〔行业或公司的〕全体从业人员；〔公司的〕全体员工；〔国家或地区的〕劳动力 → staff Women now represent almost 50% of the workforce. 如今女性几乎占全部劳动人口的 50%。 The company is cutting its workforce. 这家公司正在裁员。skilled/educated/flexible etc workforce 技术熟练的/受过教育的/灵活应变的等从业人员
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workforce• a workforce of 3500 employees• His practical genius for ergonomics allowed him to succeed in adapting tasks to suit a disabled workforce.• Cook began his cost-cutting campaign by getting rid of a third of his workforce.• The bank cut its workforce by 3 percent, helping lop $ 200 million from annual operating expenses.• Together, the four groups produce a highly skilled workforce that no one institution could develop on its own.• A new federal survey on the growing shortage of nurses portrays a stagnant workforce with a dramatic slowdown in nursing school enrollments.• Women make up 41% of the workforce.• In April Britain's unemployment rate was unchanged at 10.5% of the workforce.• Employment in mining stood at 104 in 1964 and at 2,100 in 1977, about 0.2 percent of the workforce.• A union spokesman said that none of the people arrested were from the sacked Timex workforce.• Your education programs should be designed to accommodate different needs within your workforce.skilled/educated/flexible etc workforce• Moreover, an educated workforce is argued to be one of the important prerequisites for economic expansion and advance.• In this new economy, smart businesses rely on an educated workforce to thrive.• The Conservative Government does not believe in the need for a broadly educated workforce.• Its goal was to create a highly skilled workforce for the Susquehanna Valley, where P & G is located.• Together, the four groups produce a highly skilled workforce that no one institution could develop on its own.• All but the far right have acknowledged the need to develop a more skilled workforce, since whites can no longer fill the demand.• So, the first requirement is that older workers should be included in the drive for a more skilled workforce.• Clearly now as never before there is a need for a well-trained, flexible workforce.From Longman Business Dictionaryworkforcework‧force /ˈwɜːkfɔːsˈwɜːrkfɔːrs/ noun [countable]HUMAN RESOURCES all the people who work in a particular country, industry, or factoryState industry employs almost one-third of China’s urban workforce of 150 million.The supermarket chain closed 311 stores and cut its workforce to 29,500.work·force nounChineseSyllable
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workforce
work‧force /ˈwɜːkfɔːs $ ˈwɜːrkfɔːrs/
noun [singular]
all the people who work in a particular industry or company, or are available to work in a particular country or area ⇨ staff:
Women now represent almost 50% of the workforce.
The company is cutting its workforce.
skilled/educated/flexible etc workforce
▪ worker someone who does a particular type of job, or someone who works for an organization but is not a manager: a post-office worker | The workers are threatening to go on strike. | The report shows that male manual workers earn twice as much as female workers.
▪employee someone who has a job, especially a permanent job, with a particular company or organization: Employees of the airline get generous reductions on the cost of flights.
▪member of staff/staff member one of the people who work for a company, organization, school etc - used especially in official contexts: Training opportunities are available to all members of staff. | Several staff members complained about his increasing strange behaviour.
▪colleague (also coworker especially American English) someone you work with – use this especially about people who do professional jobs in offices, schools etc: I’d like you to meet a colleague of mine, Jean-Michel Blanc. | What should you do if a co-worker is injured?
▪workforce all the people that work in a country, industry, or large organization: Women make up 41% of the workforce.
▪staff all the people who work in a company, organization, school etc: The staff were clearly worried about rumours of job losses. | sales staff
work‧force /ˈwɜːkfɔːs $ ˈwɜːrkfɔːrs/
noun [singular]all the people who work in a particular industry or company, or are available to work in a particular country or area ⇨ staff:
skilled/educated/flexible etc workforce
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Losing your job 失业
lose your job失业 ( BrE become/be made redundant被裁减 be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement被要求／选择自愿裁退／提前退休 face/be threatened with dismissal/( the sack/BrE ( compulsory redundancyBrE 面临被解职／被裁／强制裁员；受到解职／被裁／强制裁员的威胁 dismiss/fire/ ( especially
BrE sack an employee/a worker/a manager解雇雇员／工人／经理 lay off staff/workers/employees解雇员工／工人／雇员 ( retrench workers缩减人员 cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce裁减员工 ( BrE make staff/workers/employees redundant裁员
Being unemployed 失业；待业；下岗
be unemployed/out of work/out of a job失业 seek/look for work/employment找工作 be on/collect/draw/get/receive ( unemployment benefit/Jobseeker's Allowanceboth
BrE 领取失业补助金 be/go/live/sign ( on the doleBrE 领取失业救济金 claim/draw/get ( the doleBrE 领取失业救济金 be on/qualify for ( unemployment (compensation)NAmE 领取／有资格领取失业补偿金 be/go/live/depend ( on welfareNAmE 靠社会保障金过活 collect/receive ( welfareNAmE 领取社会保障金 combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment防止／解决／减少失业