Four-day week

In May, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern suggested employers should consider the switch to a four-day week "if that's something that would work for your workplace."

去年五月，新西兰总理杰辛达·阿德恩建议，“如果行得通的话”，雇主应考虑改为每周四天工作制。

Production is down to 12 vehicles a day across a four-day week in the UK and is barely at break-even.

它在英国的日产量已降至12辆，每周生产4天，仅能勉强维持收支平衡。

The rationale for the four-day week system is to attend to the needs of the student clientele in balancing their study, work and family commitments.

实行4天周制度的根本原因是照顾学生的学习、工作和家庭三个方面的平衡。

Women are smoking two extra cigarettes a week, compared with four years ago.

与四年前相比，现在女性每周要多抽两支烟。

These courses cover a twelve-week period and are organised into three four-week modules.

这些课程要上12周，分为3个单元，每单元4周。

Twelve thousand workers will go onto a four-day week at their factory in Birmingham.

伯明翰工厂的12,000名工人将采取每周4天工作制。

Four-day mom week this week.

这个星期得有四天和妈妈一起。

Some schools, especially in rural areas, are changing to a four-day week.

一些学校, 尤其是些乡村地区的学校正在改制为4日制.

Under this scenario, you reduce your "cost" to your employer by agreeing to a salary cut, accepting an unpaid furlough, or switching to a four-day week.

在这种情况下，通过向你的上司承诺减薪、接受不带薪的假期、改为一周四天上班工作制等来降低你在公司的成本。

Ministers from all four countries involved will meet at the conference table this week.

有关四国将各派部长于本周开会协商。

They're demanding a four-day week.

他们在要求每星期工作四天。

Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success" and led to many workers moving to shorter hours, researchers have said.

研究人员表示，冰岛试行的一周4天工作制“大获成功”，并导致许多员工缩短了工作时间。

At the four-day event this week, 13-year-old Arlian Ecker shared with the audience his experience trying to get other young people thinking about the problem of plastic waste.

在本周为期四天的活动中，13岁的尔连·艾克与参会者分享了他试图让其他年轻人思考塑料废物问题的经历。

Workers at JCB, the British construction equipment manufacturer, voted in October for a four-day week and a pay cut to preserve their and their colleagues' jobs.

英国建筑设备制造商JCB的员工10月份通过投票，同意每周工作4天和减薪，以保住自己和同事的工作。

The company offered all staff a move to a four-day week to cut its wage bill.

该公司向所有员工提出一项举措，一周可以工作4天，以削减工资开支。

A four-day school week sounds like a great idea for students and teachers.

每周上课四天对老师和学生来说似乎都是很好的主意。

KPMG, the professional services firm, asked staff to volunteer for a four-day week or take a sabbatical of up to 12 weeks on one-third of salary.

毕马威要求员工自愿每周工作4天，或只拿三分之一的工资休假至多12周。

Some schools, especially in rural areas, are changing to a four-day week. That means longer days instead of the traditional Monday through Friday schedule.

一些学校，尤其是乡村地区的学校开始向每周上课四天转变。这意味着不再按照过去周一到周五的时间表上课，而是每天需要上课更长时间。

They are now discussing the idea of a four-day work week.

他们现在正讨论一周工作四天的想法。

Hundreds of students, professors and media professionals were at the four-day event last week.

成千上百的学生、教授和媒体人士参加了这一为期四天的活动。

The possibility of a four-day work week is now being seriously considered;

每周工作四天的可能性，现正受到慎重的考虑；

Opie is timetabled to work a four-day week.

奥佩被安排每周工作4天。

In New Mexico, the first school district changed to a four-day week in nineteen seventy-four because of the Arab oil boycott.

在新墨西哥，由于阿拉伯石油抵制行动，第一个学区在1974年更改为每周上课四天。

Michael Grossman heads the district. He says two studies there failed to show any real educational improvement using the four-day week.

该学区的负责人Michael Grossman说，两项研究表明，每周上课四天对教育没有任何的改善。

He had no conscious memory of his four-week stay in hospital

他对自己住院的4个星期没有任何有意识的记忆。

The news programme goes out four times a week at peak time.

这档新闻节目每周在黄金时段播出4次。