Work-force
工作人口, 劳动人口
📖 牛津释义
work-force
n [CGp] total number of workers employed (eg in a factory) or available for work 受雇的（如一工厂中的）或现有的工作人员总数; 劳动人口
Ten per cent of the work-force will be made redundant. 有百分之十的劳动力要裁减掉.
🧩 词语组成解析
work
[wɝk]
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作，操作;著作;工厂;行为，事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
force
[fɔ:s]
n. 力;武力;（社会）势力;魄力;
vt. 强迫;强行;促使，推动;强奸;
🗣️ 情景例句
What's your name?
你呢？
It was so beautiful it took my breath away.
它美得使我目瞪口呆。
On turning eagerly to the text, one learns that the lady was a typist who found the sound of office typewriters worried her more and more until eventually she had to go into a mental hospital.
当人们急切地看完正文后，便知道这位女子是个打字员，办公室打字机的声音使她越来越烦恼，最终住进了精神病医院。