workload

workload — noun

1. the total number of tasks, projects, or duties that a person, team, or system mu

1.名詞B2
釋義

the total number of tasks, projects, or duties that a person, team, or system must complete within a given period — for example, a teacher grading fifty essays in one weekend, or a server processing thousands of requests per minute.

例句

Chidi's workload increased sharply after two of his teammates left for other jobs.

collocation: workload + increase / increased

The new scheduling software helped reduce the nursing team's evening workload by nearly a third.

collocation: reduce + workload

同義詞
  • work

    more general term; workload specifies the quantity or pressure

  • burden

    has a negative connotation of strain or difficulty

  • volume

    focuses on the quantity dimension without the human-pressure nuance

  • caseload

    used specifically for social workers, lawyers, or medical professionals

文法句型

adjective + workload (heavy / light / manageable)

workload + verb (increase / decrease / grow)

verb + workload (manage / balance / reduce / handle)

用法筆記

Frequently paired with adjectives describing size (heavy, light, manageable, impossible) and verbs describing change (increase, reduce, balance, share, handle). In everyday English, workload is usually singular even when referring to multiple people's tasks (the team's workload, NOT the team's workloads).

常見錯誤

❌I have many workloads this week.
✅I have a heavy workload this week.
💡Workload is usually treated as singular or uncountable; describe its size rather than counting it.
❌The workload of works is too much.
✅The workload is too heavy.
💡Do not add 'of works' after workload; the word already refers to the amount of work.