manpower

労働力、人手

ある仕事をするために使える、人の働く力や人数。

やさしい英語で： The workers available to do a job, considered together as a resource.

• We need more manpower.
• A shortage of manpower delayed the project.
• The company lacks the manpower to handle extra orders.

類義語： workforce, staff, personnel

よく使う表現： manpower shortage, skilled manpower, enough manpower

人力

機械や動物ではなく、人が体を使って生み出す力。

やさしい英語で： Physical effort supplied by a person, rather than power from a machine or animal.

• The pump runs on manpower.
• They moved the stone using manpower alone.
• The canal was dug entirely by manpower.

類義語： human power, muscle power

よく使う表現： by manpower, pure manpower, manpower alone