Your caseload is the number of people — the number of “cases” — a doctor, social worker, lawyer, or police officer has to deal with right now.

Your caseload你的caseload is是 a doctor, social worker, lawyer, or police officer has to deal with right now一位醫生、社工、律師或警察現在必須處理的 the number of people人數 — the number of “cases”也就是「案件」的數量。

A heavy caseload means too many people and not enough time for each one; a light caseload means more room to breathe. “Load” here is not kilos on a scale. It is the amount of work you are carrying, the same idea as workload.

A heavy caseloadcaseload重 means too many people and not enough time for each one代表人太多、每個人分到的時間不夠; a light caseloadcaseload輕 means more room to breathe就代表比較有喘息空間。 “Load” here這裡的「load」 is not kilos on a scale不是磅秤上的公斤數。 It is the amount of work you are carrying它是你所背負的工作量, the same idea as workload概念跟workload一樣。

People say a high caseload, a caseload of forty families, to cut the caseload.

People say人們會說 a high caseload(caseload很高), a caseload of forty families(四十個家庭的caseload), to cut the caseload(減少caseload)。

It is a workplace word, common in news about hospitals and social services, and it often comes with a complaint: nobody can do good work when the caseload is this high.

It is a workplace word這是職場用語, common in news about hospitals and social services常出現在醫院和社福新聞裡, and it often comes with a complaint而且常常伴隨著抱怨: nobody can do good work when the caseload is this highcaseload這麼高,沒有人能做好工作。