Google's co-founder, Larry Page, recently suggested a four-day workweek, so as technology displaces jobs, more people can find employment.

Meanwhile, Hisashi Yamada, vice chairman of think tank Japan Research Institute, said he does not expect a four-day workweek to rapidly spread in Japan even with the government pushing it because it would complicate personnel management and evaluation.

与此同时，智囊机构日本总合研究所的副所长山田久表示，即使有政府的助推，他认为每周四天工作制也不会在日本迅速普及，因为这种工作制会让人事管理和绩效考核变得更复杂。

The Yahoo Japan spokesman said just about 100 of some 7000 employees at the company had applied for the four-day workweek as of April.

雅虎日本的发言人称，截至四月份，该公司的7000名员工中只有约100人申请了每周四天的工作制。

Japan Research's Yamada said he believes some small-and medium-sized businesses cannot afford to give such extra days off, and some businesses might try to cut labor costs by applying a four-day workweek even to employees who want to work more days.

日本总合研究所的山田表示，他认为一些中小型企业负担不起这种额外的休息日，一些企业可能会试图通过全员实行每周四天工作制来削减劳动力成本，即使某些员工不愿意减少工作天数。

At a key economic and fiscal policy panel meeting in mid-April where the promotion of a four-day workweek was discussed, Suga said his government would consider expanding support for people willing to enhance their careers through recurrent education without leaving their jobs.

菅义伟在四月中旬的经济和财政政策委员会重要会议上讨论推进每周四天工作制时指出，政府将考虑加大对员工接受在职教育的支持。

Takuya Hoshino, an economist at the Dai-ichi Life Research Institute, says simply introducing a four-day workweek may not necessarily encourage employees to use their time off in a way that benefits their careers or contributes to the economy.

第一生命研究所的经济学家星野卓也称，简单地引入每周四天的工作制不一定能鼓励员工以有利于他们的职业或促进经济的方式来利用额外的休息时间。

The government included the promotion of an optional four-day workweek in its annual economic policy guideline finalized Friday by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's cabinet.

日本政府在上周五（6月18日）由首相菅义伟的内阁敲定的年度经济政策指导方针中将推广选择性的每周四天工作制包括在内。

Usually expressed as workdays or workweeks.

期程经常以工作日或工作周表示。

Workweeks are not to exceed the maximum set by local law.

一星期的工作不是要超越本地法律设定的最大工作时间。

Germans have established 28. 8 hour workweeks and have seen their productivity been driven up by 20%.

德国已经建立了每周28.8小时工作制，他们的生产力却因此提高了20%。

President Bush is on his way home after a five-day European tour aimed at mending trans-Atlantic ties, frayed by the war in Iraq.

布什总统在对欧洲结束了以修补因伊拉克战争而陷入紧张的美欧关系为目的的五天访问，正在返回美国的途中。

Members of the United States Congress have met the former Cuban leader Fidel Castro at the end of a five-day visit to the island.

美国国会会员在古巴进行了为期五天的访问，并于最后一天与这个岛国的前领导人菲德尔。卡斯特罗会面。

So it's common for a system on five-day operation to begin producing black specks only a few weeks after a complete teardown and cleaning.

所以，在一个设备完全拆卸和清洗后的几个星期中，一个每周开五天的设备通常会产生黑点。

But a five-day holiday at the beginning of the month is the more obvious explanation for lackluster exports.

但对出口低迷更为明显的解释是2月初五天的春节假期。

After two five-day visits, during which he took masses of photographs, the story emerged.

在五天的访问中，星宣先生照了大量照片，访问结束后，故事也诞生了。

I need the full five-day trip to a week after the order for you to write messages.

我此次旅程需要用整整五天，要一个星期之后才能给你再写邮件了。

The Mayor appeared at the door. He had shaved the left side of his face, but the other side, swollen and in pain, had a five-day-old beard.

市长出现在门口，左侧的脸刮过了，另一侧因为肿胀疼痛，已经五天没有刮胡子了。

The Thai authorities have ordered a five-day holiday to allow residents of Bangkok to leave the capital ahead of expected flooding.

泰国当局下令放假五天，让曼谷的居民在洪水到来之前撤离城市。

Unless we receive your remittance within five day, we shall place the matter in the hand of our attorney for collection.

如五日内仍不能收到你方汇款，我们即将这笔帐务委托我方律师来办理。

On the occasion of my fortieth birthday, my husband surprised me with two tickets for a five day Caribbean cruise.

在我四十岁生日那天，我丈夫给了我一个惊喜——两张加勒比五日游的票。

The major disadvantage of using a compressed workweek is

将一周的工作压缩最主要的不利因素是