音标:英 /'naɪtʃɪft/,美 /'naɪtʃɪft/
词性:名词(n.)
夜班:指在夜间进行的工作班次,通常与日班(day shift)、下午班(afternoon shift)相对,常见于24小时运转的企业或机构。
夜班工人:指从事夜班工作的人员。
动词搭配:
work the nightshift(上夜班):While the rest of us slept, Andy spent years working the nightshift.(当其他人都在睡觉时,安迪加了数年的夜班。)
be on the nightshift(正在值夜班):He was on nightshift this six days.(他这六天都在值夜班。)
adjust to the nightshift(适应夜班):Is it easy for you to adjust from day shift to night shift?(对你来说从白班调整到夜班容易吗?)
名词搭配:
nightshift workers(夜班工人):Even when night shift workers try to sleep eight hours during the day, they don't get enough sleep.(即使夜班工人白天睡足8小时,他们仍然缺觉。)
nightshift manager(夜班主管):指负责夜班工作安排与协调的人员。
世界卫生组织认定,夜班工作导致的睡眠问题可能是致癌因素:Last year, the World Health Organization determined that nightshift work, which can lead to sleep troubles, is a probable human carcinogen.
医院等机构通过轮班保证24小时运转:Some companies operate 24 hours a day, divided into three shifts: day shift, afternoon shift, and night shift.(部分公司全天24小时运转,分为三班:日班、下午班和夜班。)
夜班工作可能影响家庭照护:It meant I could do the nightshift when they were babies.(这意味着孩子还小时我可以上夜班。)
企业需设置夜班责任人应对突发情况:Contact person during nightshift, making decision to stop production or call up supervisor.(夜班设立责任人,决定是否停止生产或联系主管。)
拼写变体:可写作分开的 "night shift",含义与 "nightshift" 一致。
健康影响:长期夜班可能导致睡眠紊乱,需注意调整作息。
从工厂到医院,夜班是现代社会运转的重要一环,但它对生理节律的挑战也提醒我们:如何在效率与健康间找到平衡?这或许是每个夜班从业者和企业都需要思考的问题。