- all the people who work for a particular company, organization, etc.全体员工 synonym staff
- The factory has a 1 000-strong workforce.这家工厂的职工多达千人。🔊🔊
- Two thirds of the workforce is/are women.职工中的三分之二是妇女。
Collocations UnemploymentUnemployment失业Losing your job失业- lose your job失业
- (British English) 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/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy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 British English) 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
- (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers缩减人员
- cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce裁减员工
- (British English) 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 (both British English) unemployment benefit/jobseeker’s allowance领取失业补助金
- be/go/live/sign (British English, informal) on the dole领取失业救济金
- claim/draw/get (British English, informal) the dole领取失业救济金
- be on/qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)领取／有资格领取失业补偿金
- be/go/live/depend (North American English) on welfare靠社会保障金过活
- collect/receive (North American English) welfare领取社会保障金
- combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment防止／解决／减少失业
Extra Examples- Companies are under pressure to hire a more diverse workforce.公司被迫要雇用更多能力不同的员工。
- One person in the workforce is always responsible for the same job.同一项工作总是由员工中的同一人负责。
- The company employs a workforce of nearly 5 000.这家公司雇佣将近 5,000 名员工。
- The management always consults with the workforce before introducing major changes.管理层在推行重大变革前总是与员工协商。
- The new management decided to retrain the entire workforce.新管理层决定对全体员工进行重新培训。
- The shipyard has a total workforce of 9 000.船厂共有员工 9,000 人。
- The workforce numbers 500.员工总数为 500 人。
- The factory will have to lose half of its 1 000-strong workforce.这家工厂将不得不把超过 1000 人的职工裁减一半。
Topics Working lifeb2, Businessb2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- educated
- qualified
- skilled
- …
verb + workforceworkforce + verbpreposition- among a/the workforce
- in a/the workforce
phrases- a member of the workforce
See full entry - all the people in a country or an area who are available for work（国家或行业等的）劳动力，劳动大军，劳动人口
- A quarter of the local workforce is/are unemployed.本地四分之一的劳动力都失业了。
- an educated workforce受过良好教育的劳动力
Extra Examples- The increase in the number of people entering the workforce has increased unemployment figures.加入劳动大军的人数增加导致了失业数字升高。
- There is a change in the distribution of skills among the workforce.劳动力的技能分布情况有所变化。
- a highly skilled workforce技术非常熟练的劳动力
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- educated
- qualified
- skilled
- …
verb + workforceworkforce + verbpreposition- among a/the workforce
- in a/the workforce
phrases- a member of the workforce
See full entry