单词
active population
释义
active populationnoun[C]uk
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(alsoeconomically active population)thepeoplein acountryorareawhonormallyworkandearnmoney:Equality ofopportunitymust besecuredinordertorealizetheproductivepotentialof thewholeactivepopulation.(Definition ofactive populationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofactive population
active populationMen accounted for nearly 53% of theactivepopulationand women 47%.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 2004 the unemployment figure remained almost unchanged at 9.5% of theactivepopulation.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 1960, some 40.3 percent of the economicallyactivepopulationwere agricultural workers; in 1973, the figure was down to 33.6 percent.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The proportion of theactivepopulationin this last sector rose from 18 percent in 1907 to 31 percent in 1935.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A decrease in theactivepopulationof worms, as in the case of deworming, can cause larvae to emerge from the cysts (larval cyathostomiasis).FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The economicallyactivepopulationwas 978 inhabitants in 2000.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The island's economicallyactivepopulationin 2001 was 6,602.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The economicallyactivepopulationin 2000 was only 347 workers in 2000.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Of the economicallyactivepopulation, the largest group is employed in agriculture and husbandry (21 percent).FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is a small, butactivepopulationof foreign residents, many of whom have built homes in town.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.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.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/active-population##
