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　

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。

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

noun

The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred
工厂雇员总数已经从4,000多人减少到几百人。
Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce.
几乎一半的员工担心失业。
But as fewer young people enter the workforce, wages are now rising faster than productivity.
但随着进入劳动力市场的年轻人愈来愈少，如今的工资增长速度已经超过了生产率。
They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
他们想要廉价的、听话的劳动力。
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。
One factory has had to scale down its workforce from six hundred to only six
一家工厂不得不将员工人数从600名裁减至仅剩6名。
The company yesterday shed a sixth of its workforce.
这家公司昨天裁掉了1/6的员工。
Our workforce is highly trained and competitive.
我们的员工队伍训练有素，竞争意识强。
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。
The job losses will reduce the total workforce to 7,000.
职位减少后，在职工人总数将减至7,000人。