词汇 | workday |
释义 | workday noun[ C ] USuk /ˈwɜːk.deɪ/ us /ˈwɝːk.deɪ/ a working day工作日;上班的日子(同 working day) Days & times of day afternoon afternoons all day am arvo happy hour high noon hour in broad daylightidiom in the dead of night/winteridiom night noon noontime o'clock office hours opening time the witching hour twilit wine o'clock working day You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Working hours workday | American Dictionaryworkday noun[ C ] us/ˈwɜrkˌdeɪ/ a day on which most people do a job for money, or the amount of time each day a person spends doing his or her job workday | Business Englishworkday noun[ C ] HR, WORKPLACE US uk /ˈwɜːkdeɪ/us → working day Examples of workdayworkday They also demanded a shorter workday, better health and accident benefits and control over hiring and firing in the mills. The division of the workday and the workweek provided young men with opportunities to work for themselves. Conflict over the workday was not limited to the textile industry. Even more than the length of the workday, the question of who hired and who fired became a central focus of labour conflict. For example, there were sections limiting the workday of public employees and miners, and others limiting the labor of women and children. Many of the military decrees from 1914 to 1916 reduced the workday. Ultimately, mills fell into line with regard to the new workday. For the answer, we can look at the length of the workday, hiring and firing and healthcare. I used to illustrate that idea - that today's radical notion often is tomorrow's given - by talking about the eight-hour workday, which in its original introduction was a very radical notion. At the conventions, when eight-hour workday provisions were proposed, no delegates argued that eight-hour laws would deprive workers of the liberty to negotiate their work contracts individually. Hopkins announces a new workday. This figure will include weekends and other days which are not workdays for some workers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Higher and higher are the numbers of workdays lost through strikes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Miners were on strike asking for higher wages, shorter workdays and the recognition of their union. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In addition to the weekly auditions show, during the workdays a companion show is broadcast. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of workday These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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