workload

/ˈwɜːkləʊd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈwɜːrkləʊd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈwərk-ˌlōd/ (ame, mw)

workload — 名詞

  • workloadsingular
  • workloadsplural

1. the total number of tasks, projects, or duties that a person, team, or system mu

1.名詞B2
釋義

工作量

一段時間內需完成的任務總量

the total number of tasks, projects, or duties that a person, team, or system must complete within a given period — for example, a teacher grading fifty essays in one weekend, or a server processing thousands of requests per minute.

例句

Chidi's workload increased sharply after two of his teammates left for other jobs.

Chidi 的工作量在兩位同事離職後大幅增加。

collocation: workload + increase / increased

The new scheduling software helped reduce the nursing team's evening workload by nearly a third.

新的排班軟體協助將護理團隊的夜間工作量減少了將近三分之一。

collocation: reduce + workload

同義詞
  • work

    more general term; workload specifies the quantity or pressure

  • burden

    has a negative connotation of strain or difficulty

  • volume

    focuses on the quantity dimension without the human-pressure nuance

  • caseload

    used specifically for social workers, lawyers, or medical professionals

文法句型

adjective + workload (heavy / light / manageable)

workload + verb (increase / decrease / grow)

verb + workload (manage / balance / reduce / handle)

用法筆記

Frequently paired with adjectives describing size (heavy, light, manageable, impossible) and verbs describing change (increase, reduce, balance, share, handle). In everyday English, workload is usually singular even when referring to multiple people's tasks (the team's workload, NOT the team's workloads).

常見錯誤

❌I have many workloads this week.
✅I have a heavy workload this week.
💡Workload is usually treated as singular or uncountable; describe its size rather than counting it.
❌The workload of works is too much.
✅The workload is too heavy.
💡Do not add 'of works' after workload; the word already refers to the amount of work.