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workweek

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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work·week /ˈwɜːkwiːk $ ˈwɜːrk-/ noun [countable]  American EnglishBE the total amount of time that you spend working during a week 工作周,一周的工作时间 SYN British English working week a 40-hour workweek 40小时工作周
Examples from the Corpus
workweekIn Britain, Heath utilized the energy crisis to issue a decree in December imposing a three-day workweek on most industries.His workweek stretched to 50 or 60 hours.a 40-hour workweekWho would rather have a career in which sixty hours is a short workweek?In the meantime, forget about your understanding of the workweek as most workers know it.
From Longman Business Dictionaryworkweekwork‧week /ˈwɜːkwiːkˈwɜːrk-/ (also working week British English) noun [singular] the number of hours or days people in a particular industry or job work in a weekThe plant will resume its normal five-day workweek on March 16 to catch up on orders.
work·week nounChineseSyllable
amount total Corpus of that time the Business


workweek
workweek /ˈwɜːkwiːk $ ˈwɜːrk-/ noun [countable]
American English the total amount of time that you spend working during a week
   SYN  working week British English:
    a 40-hour workweek


work·weekBrE /ˈwɜːkwiːk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɜːrkwiːk/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE ˌworking ˈweek) nounthe total amount of time that you spend at work during the week 一周的工作时间;工作周