labour force

英 [ˈleɪbə fɔːs]

美 [ˈleɪbər fɔːrs]

n.  (全公司或全国的)劳动力

法律

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牛津词典

noun

• （全公司或全国的）劳动力
  all the people who work for a company or in a country
  1. a skilled/an unskilled labour force
     熟练 / 非熟练工人

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 劳动力；全体员工
  The labour forceconsists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
  1. Unemployment in Britain rose to 8.1% of the labour force.
     英国的失业人数已上升至占劳动力总数的8.1％。

双语例句

• Europe saw its colonies as sources of raw materials and a malleable labour force.
  欧洲曾把它的殖民地看作原材料和易驾驭骑力的来源地。
• The welfare benefits and retirement security of the labour force shall be protected by law.
  劳工的福利待遇和退休保障受法律保护。
• Italy's unemployment rate rose to twelve per cent of the labour force in july.
  意大利七月份的失业率上升到劳动力的百分之十二。
• One way to boost the skilled labour force might be to have rather more people working rather fewer hours.
  让更多的人参与工作，而减少工作时间，可能是增加技术工人的一条途径。
• It may cut down a labour force not only, and also may lighten worker's labour intensity.
  它不仅可减少劳动力，而且也可减轻工人的劳动强度。
• It depends on whether the country can put its growing labour force to productive use.
  它也取决于国家是否能把日益增大的劳动力队伍转化为生产力。
• A demographic dividend tends to boost economic growth because a large number of working-age adults increases the labour force, keeps wages relatively low, boosts savings and increases demand for goods and services.
  人口红利倾向于刺激经济增长，原因在于大量处于工作年龄的成人增加了劳工数目，并保持薪水相对较低，促进储蓄，增进对货物和服务的需求。
• This intellectual training is translating into increased female participation in the labour force.
  女性知识培训的增加，进而转化为劳动力人口中女性比例的上升。
• The farm labour force in some capitalist countries is running down.
  在某些资本主义国家里，农业劳动力在不断减少。
• The mix of the labour force has also changed.
  劳动力的人口构成也发生了变化。