Your workweek is the amount of time you spend working in one week — usually counted in hours, and usually the normal, expected amount rather than one strange busy week. "A 40-hour workweek" means you work 40 hours from Monday to Friday. The word can also mean the days of the week when people work, as opposed to the weekend: "The workweek starts on Monday." So sometimes it counts hours, sometimes it counts days, and you tell which one from the sentence.

Your workweek is你的workweek指的是 the amount of time you spend working in one week你一週工作的時間量—— usually counted in hours通常以小時計算， and usually the normal, expected amount rather than one strange busy week而且通常是正常、預期中的量，不是指某一週特別忙。 "A 40-hour workweek"「A 40-hour workweek一週40小時的工時」 means you work 40 hours from Monday to Friday意思是你週一到週五總共工作40小時。 The word can also mean the days of the week when people work這個字也可以指一週裡工作的那些天， as opposed to the weekend相對於週末而言： "The workweek starts on Monday."「The workweek starts on Monday.（工作週從星期一開始。）」 So sometimes it counts hours, sometimes it counts days所以它有時候算的是小時，有時候算的是天數， and you tell which one from the sentence你要從句子裡判斷是哪一種。

This is the American spelling, written as one word. British writers usually say *working week*, two words.

This is the American spelling這是美式拼法， written as one word寫成一個字。 British writers usually say *working week*英式寫法通常會說working week， two words是兩個字。

You will meet this word most in news, business writing, and talk about jobs and workers' rights — a government wants to "shorten the workweek", a company tries "a four-day workweek". It is not a word people use much when chatting; in normal talk they just say "I work forty hours a week".

You will meet this word most in news, business writing, and talk about jobs and workers' rights你最常在新聞、商業文件，以及談論工作和勞工權益的內容裡遇到這個字—— a government wants to "shorten the workweek"政府想「shorten the workweek縮短工時」， a company tries "a four-day workweek"某家公司嘗試「a four-day workweek一週工作四天」。 It is not a word people use much when chatting平常聊天大家不太會用這個字； in normal talk they just say "I work forty hours a week"平常說話就直接說「I work forty hours a week我一週工作四十小時」。

One small thing worth noticing: the workweek is what you are *supposed* to work. If you stay late every night, people would say your workweek is 40 hours but you actually work 55. The word points at the official shape of the job, not always at the truth of it.

One small thing worth noticing有件小事值得注意： the workweek is what you are *supposed* to workworkweek指的是你「應該」要工作的量。 If you stay late every night如果你每天晚上都留下來加班， people would say your workweek is 40 hours大家還是會說你的workweek是40小時， but you actually work 55但你實際上工作了55小時。 The word points at the official shape of the job這個字指向的是這份工作官方規定的樣子， not always at the truth of it不一定是實際情況。