单词发音
- 英式发音:/ˈtɜː.nə.vər/
- 美式发音:/ˈtɜːrnə.vɚ/
分析词义
- 名词,指的是营业额、员工流动率或翻转。
- 动词,意为转动、翻转或改变。
列举例句
- The company's annual turnover is $5 million. (这家公司的年营业额是500万美元。)
- There's a high turnover of staff in this department. (这个部门的员工流动率很高。)
- He made a turnover with his pancake. (他用平底锅翻转了他的煎饼。)
词根分析
- 词根:turn-,表示“转动”或“变化”。
- 衍生词:turn, turning, turnaround, upturn, downturn
词缀分析
发展历史和文化背景
- “Turnover”一词最初用于描述物理上的翻转动作,后来引申到商业和经济领域中,用以指代营业额和员工流动率等概念。在西方文化中,高员工流动率常常被视为企业运营中的一个挑战。
单词变形
- 名词复数:turnovers
- 动词形式:to turnover
- 形容词形式:无直接形容词形式
- 固定搭配:annual turnover(年营业额), staff turnover(员工流动率)
记忆辅助
- 将“turnover”与“turn”(转动)联系起来,想象一个不断转动的场景,这可以帮助记住它作为动词的意义。对于名词意义,可以将其与商业活动相联系,想象一家店铺的营业额。
小故事
A small bakery had a problem with their turnover rate. Every day, they would bake fresh pastries hoping to increase their sales turnover. But the challenge was keeping good staff; the high turnover of employees made it hard to maintain consistency in their products. One day, the owner decided to implement new strategies to reduce staff turnover and improve their business turnover. (一个小面包店面临着员工流动率高的问题。每天,他们都烘焙新鲜的糕点,希望增加销售额。但挑战在于保持好员工;高员工流动率使得产品质量难以保持一致。有一天,店主决定实施新策略来降低员工流动率并提高他们的生意额。)