workforce

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/    美 /ˈwɝk.foɹs/|[ˈwɚk.fo̞ɹs]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.
    — The rail sector's ageing workforce (28% of workers are over 50 years old) means that about 15,000 people could retire from the industry by 2025.
  2. The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.
    — “There is no question the US economy will get smaller as you deport a lot of the workforce,” Kent Smetters, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, said in an interview.

词形变化

workforces plural work force alternative

词汇关系

近义词
manpower jobforce labour force human resources liveware personnel staff workforce Any plural of the meronyms
下位词
consultants contractors temps payrollers womanpower
部分词
employee worker

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
Proto-Germanic *werką
Proto-West Germanic *werk
Old English weorc
Middle English werk
English work
English force
English workforce
From work + force.
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