| work-force | n tenaga kerja: the country’s ~ has increased by 40 percent, tenaga kerja di negara itu telah bertambah sebanyak 40 peratus; we are able to produce more with a larger ~, kita dapat mengeluarkan lebih banyak dgn tenaga kerja yg lebih besar. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sample | 3. people or thing representing a larger group, golongan yg mewakili: I base my findings on a wide ~ of the blue collar workforce, saya mendasarkan penemuan saya pd golongan besar yg mewakili tenaga kerja kolar biru; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| regiment | vt (derog), (usu pass.) didisiplinkan secara ketat; (attrib) berdisiplin ketat: the undergraduates were ~ed into groups for fieldwork, siswazah-siswazah itu telah didisiplinkan secara ketat ke dlm kumpulan utk kerja lapangan; a ~ed workforce, tenaga kerja berdisiplin ketat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| clue | n 1. piece of evidence used by the police etc to solve a mystery, bukti: the police have found a ~ to the murder, polis telah mendapat bukti berkaitan dgn pembunuhan itu; 2. any information, evidence that helps one to solve a problem, mystery, etc, kunci: the ~ to solving our shortage of skilled labour lies in training programme, kunci utk menyelesaikan masalah kekurangan tenaga kerja mahir kita terletak dlm rancangan latihan; please give me another ~, tolong beri saya satu kunci lagi; 3. (in crossword) petunjuk; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| underfoot | get ~, mengacau, mengganggu: they are always getting ~, mereka selalu mengacau; /crush, trample/ so. ~, a. memijak-mijak, menginjak-injak; (accidentally) terpijak, terinjak: the helpless woman is being crushed ~ by everyone around, perempuan yg tdk berdaya itu terpijak oleh orang-orang di sekelilingnya; b. (fig.), (act.) menghancurkan (pass.) hancur: his hopes were trampled ~ as the company’s retrenchment programme gathered pace, harapannya hancur apabila rancangan pengurangan tenaga kerja syarikat itu semakin meningkat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| arduous | adj 1. hard to accomplish, achieve, sukar, sulit, susah, payah: the task was long and ~, kerja itu memakan masa yg lama dan sukar; 2. laborious, banyak memerlukan tenaga: a life filled with ~ and unrewarding labour, kehidupan yg penuh dgn kerja-kerja yg banyak memerlukan tenaga dan tdk mendapat ganjaran apa-apa pun; 3. hard to endure, tak /tertanggung, terderita/: a long, ~ winter, musim sejuk yg panjang dan tak terderita. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sweated labour | n (derog) work done for low pay and in bad conditions, kerja peras tenaga. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| steam | b. (of plan, project, etc) semakin /maju, hebat/; c. (of race, competition) semakin hebat; d. (energy) menghimpunkan tenaga:I tried to pick up ~ to finish the work, saya mencuba menghimpunkan tenaga utk menghabiskan kerja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| spurt | c. (of energy, feeling, etc) datang (dgn) tiba-tiba: in a ~ of energy he cleared all the work in the “IN” basket, dgn tenaga yg datang tiba-tiba dia membereskan semua kerja yg terdapat di dlm bakul “MASUK” itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| apply | 4. devote, employ diligently, menumpukan: we must ~ all our energies to solving this problem, kita mesti menumpukan seluruh tenaga kita utk menyelesaikan masalah ini; ~ os to (st) menumpukan perhatian sso thdp (sst): to ~ os to the task at hand, menumpukan perhatian sso thdp kerja yg sedang dilakukan; 5. bring into operation, effect, mengenakan; (brakes) menekan: the rules are only applied to temporary members, peraturan itu dikenakan hanya kpd ahli sementara; to ~ economic sanctions, mengenakan sekatan ekonomi; 6. use in reference (to so., st) menggunakan: the word “courageous” can never be applied to him, perkataan “berani” tdk wajar digunakan untuknya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |