featherbedding

英式音标：['feðəˌbedɪŋ]

美式音标：['feðəˌbedɪŋ]

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词义：

n.

额外雇工（指人为地增加雇员人数的做法）；虚雇员工；

英英释义

featherbedding[ 'feðəbediŋ ]

n.the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Featherbedding provisions in labor contracts may result from the continuation of work rules that were once efficient but that have become obsolete because of changed technology.
有的劳动规则过去很有用，但由于技艺的改进，现已成为过时，然而现在劳动合同中仍延续使用这类规则，就成了额外雇工条款。

权威例句

Featherbedding

Featherbedding /

'Featherbedding'

Job sharing

Work Rules, Featherbedding, and Pareto-Optimal Union Management Bargaining

Economies of scale and a featherbedding cartel?: a reconsideration of the interwar British coal industry 1

The Economics of Featherbedding

Featherbedding: A Theoretical Analysis

Top Management Featherbedding

Not featherbedding, but feathering the nest: human resource management and investments in information technology

Governmental Restraints on Featherbedding

Weinstein on Featherbedding: A Comment

Featherbedding: An Assertion of Property Rights

造句：

1. He has been withering in his criticism of the featherbedding that has bankrupted the state.

他一直以来对导致国家破产的额外雇工进行了尖锐的批评

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2. When every joke about your business mentions featherbedding, you should be worried about outsourcing.

当所有与你工作有关的笑话都在谈到额外雇工的时候，你应该考虑（把部分工作）外包出去了。

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3. Unions are strong in Europe, and they push up wages and (worse) encourage featherbedding, short hours, and other inefficient practices.

在欧洲，工会很强大，他们抬高工资；更坏的是，他们鼓励滥雇工人，鼓励降低工时和其他有损效率的做法。

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4. Unions are strong in Europe, and they push up wages and (worse) encourage featherbedding, short hours, and other inefficient practices.

在欧洲，工会很强大，他们抬高工资；更坏的是，他们鼓励滥雇工人，鼓励降低工时和其他有损效率的做法。

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5. Featherbedding will certainly increase unit costs and, in the general case, prices too.

一般情况下，超额雇工肯定将增加单位成本，并将提高价格。

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6. To engage in or promote featherbedding.

实施或促进限产超雇

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7. This federal agency was shut down for featherbedding.

联邦政府机关对闲职人员作了削减。

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