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labour force

noun
🔊/ˈleɪbə fɔːs/
🔊/ˈleɪbər fɔːrs/
(US English labor force)
[countable + singular or plural verb]
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  1. all the people who work for a company or in a country（全公司或全国的）劳动力 synonym workforce
    • a skilled/an unskilled labour force熟练／非熟练工人
    • An increasing percentage of the labour force is now unemployed.现在，越来越多的劳动力失业。
    • the size of the labour force劳动力规模
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLabour force/​labor force is used before these nouns:
    • participation
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