| 单词 | productivity |
| 释义 | productivity (once / 1945 pages) n Use the noun productivity to describe how much you can get done. Your boss at work probably keeps track of your productivity — meaning he’s checking to see how much work you do and how well you do it. The word productivity is often used in the workplace. It can describe the performance of individual workers, a department, or even an entire industry. You’ll often hear it used with a percentage. Your boss might come in with a smile and say that productivity has increased by 30 percent. Productivity is also frequently used in relation to farming. If you live in a farming community you likely hear news reports about agricultural productivity in your area. WORD FAMILYproductive: counterproductive, nonproductive, productively, productiveness, productivity, unproductive+/counterproductive: counterproductively/overproduce: overproduced, overproducing, overproduction/overproduction: overproductions/produce: overproduce, produced, producer, produces, producing, production, productive, underproduce/produced: self-produced/producer: producers/production: productions/underproduce: underproduced, underproduces, underproducing, underproduction/unproductive: unproductively, unproductiveness USAGE EXAMPLESThe patterns you establish right now will impact your health, productivity, financial security and happiness for decades. New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) Estimating the costs of lost productivity and slower processing of transactions is more difficult. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Most employers are smart enough to realize that turnover is an enemy that hurts productivity and raises costs. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) 1n the quality of being productive or having the power to produce Syn|Ant|Hyper productiveness unproductiveness the quality of lacking the power to produce fecundity, fruitfulness the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth 2n (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time Hyper ratio the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) |
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