单词 | working week |
释义 | > as lemmasworking week working week n. (a) total number of hours or days worked in a week; (b) the part of the week during which one typically works, as distinguished from the weekend; cf. workweek n. at work n. Compounds 3. ΘΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > week day > week or six working days weekOE working weeka1658 a1658 J. Durham Pract. Expos. X. Commandements (1675) iv. 255 The Sabbath be a bounding day, dividing one working Week from another. 1890 J. E. C. Munro in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 472 If the working week was reduced from 56½ to 48 hours. 1982 Daily Tel. 22 July 12/7 Solutions..are..more flexi-time; shorter working weeks; [etc.]. 2008 Guardian 28 Apr. (G2 section) 3/4 The weekend spelled a brief period of repose after the scramble and toil of the working week. < as lemmas |
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