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

• Walmart and the developing world's labour force have changed the paradigm.
  沃尔玛（Walmart）和发展中国家的劳动力改变了这种模式。
• 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。
• According to the theory of comparative advantage, china, as a country which is rich in natural resources and labour force, exports labour-concentrated products strategically in international trade.
  按照比较优势理论，我国是自然资源和劳动力资源比较丰富的国家，在国际贸易战略上，我国出口劳动密集型产品。
• 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。
• 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。
• This cost efficient and highly skilled labour force has played a crucial role in the success of our export driven economies.
  这些具备成本效益和纯熟技术的劳动力，对我们以出口带动的经济体系的成功，起着关键作用。
• It also means that women could soon overtake men as the majority of the US labour force.
  这还意味着，女性可能将很快超越男性，成为美国劳动力大军的主力。
• 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。
• It is argued that the doubling of the global labour force with the entry of Chinese, Russian and Indian workers has changed the labour-capital ratio to the disadvantage of wage levels.
  有人认为，随着中国、俄罗斯和印度工人的进入，全球劳动力数量翻了一番，造成劳动/资本比率朝着对薪资水平不利的方向转变。
• Under the surplus labour force conditions, these individuals have limited bargaining power.
  由于劳动力过剩，雇员的议价能力有限。