work fewer paid hours该如何理解

Almost half a billion people are working fewer paid hours than they would like or lack adequate access to paid work

各位老师好，这是网上搜到的《2021年6月CATTI二级笔译真题》中的一部分。请问are working fewer paid hours是系表结构，还是助动词+谓宾结构？如果是后者，那hours作work的宾语该如何理解？

work作为动词，可以后面直接接时间名词词组。很多词典把这种用法的work分析为及物动词，时间名词作宾语。例如《韦氏高阶》work作为动词的用法之一的例句：

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He works about 60 hours a week.

The job requires that you work some nights and weekends.

She is used to working long hours.

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擅长：动词用法,句法问题 | 采纳率 82% | 回答于 2021-09-05 13:05

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