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labour
[英] [ˈleibə] [美] [ˈlebɚ] 生词本

n.

vi.

  • 易混淆的单词：Labour  

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 行业释义

  • 词典例句

in AM, use 美国英语用 labor
1. N-UNCOUNT See also: hard labour; （辛苦的）劳动，劳作；（通常指）体力劳动 Labour is very hard work, usually physical work. 

  • ...the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting...

    播种、种植和收割的辛勤劳作

  • The chef at the barbecue looked up from his labours; he was sweating.

    正在烧烤台上忙活的厨师抬起头来；他的脸上直冒汗。

2. VERB （用手）劳动 Someone who labours works hard using their hands. 

  • ...peasants labouring in the fields...

    在地里劳作的农民

  • Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years.

    她丈夫在厂里辛勤工作了17年。

3. VERB 艰苦地做；吃力地做 If you labour to do something, you do it with difficulty. 

  • For twenty-five years now he has laboured to build a religious community.

    他呕心沥血地建立一个宗教社区，至今已有25个年头。

  • ...a young man who's labouring under all kinds of other difficulties.

    在其他各种困难下艰苦工作的小伙子

4. N-UNCOUNT （总称）劳工，工人 Labour is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group. 

  • Latin America lacked skilled labour...

    拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。

  • ...the struggle between capital and labour...

    劳资斗争

  • They were cheap labour.

    他们是廉价劳工。

5. N-UNCOUNT 劳动成果 The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as their labour . 

  • Every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour...

    每个人的劳动成果都应该获得合理的回报。

  • The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour — they have no power.

    失业者没法罢工——他们没有这种实力。

6. N-PROPER-COLL （英国）工党 In Britain, people use Labour to refer to the Labour Party. 

  • He believes that, historically, Labour has been most successful as the party that helped people get on in life...

    他相信一直以来工党在帮助人民改善生活方面表现最为出色。

  • They all vote Labour.

    他们都投工党的票。

7. ADJ 工党的；支持工党的 A Labour politician or voter is a member of a Labour Party or votes for a Labour Party. 

  • ...a Labour MP...

    工党下院议员

  • Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented.

    数以百万计的工党支持者没有议员代表。

8. VERB 误以为；为…所蒙蔽 If you labour under a delusion or misapprehension, you continue to believe something which is not true. 

  • She laboured under the illusion that I knew what I was doing...

    她有一个错觉，以为我知道自己在做什么。

  • You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions.

    你似乎存在相当大的误解。

9. VERB 一再重申；反复说明 If you labour a point or an argument, you keep making the same point or saying the same thing, although it is unnecessary. 

  • I don't want to labour the point but there it is.

    我不想反复重申，但还是不得不说。

10. N-UNCOUNT 分娩；临盆 Labour is the last stage of pregnancy, in which the baby is gradually pushed out of the womb by the mother. 

  • I thought the pains meant I was going into labour.

    我还以为这些疼痛意味着我要生了呢。

  • Some women prefer to move about during labour.

    有些女人喜欢在分娩期间下床走动。

Noun

1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages;

  • "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

2. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child;

  • "she was in labor for six hours"

3. productive work (especially physical work done for wages);

  • "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
Verb

1. work hard;

  • "She was digging away at her math homework"
  • "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

2. strive and make an effort to reach a goal;

  • "She tugged for years to make a decent living"
  • "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"
  • "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

3. undergo the efforts of childbirth

法律

  • 1.劳动
  • 2.劳动力
  • 3.劳动者
  • 4.劳动保险
  • 5.劳动保护
1. Products of individual labour are turned into commodities.; Products of labour are transformed into commodities.
劳动产品转化为商品。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. All knowledge originates from labour.
一切知识起源于劳动。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. As neither management nor labour would give in, the union organized a strike.
由于劳资双方互不让步，工会组织了一次罢工。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Cadres have gone down to different grass-roots units to take part in manual labour.
干部们分别下基层参加劳动去了。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. Did you watch the programme on the Labour Party last night?Talk about biased!
你看了昨天晚上关于工党的节目了吗？真是很有偏见！

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. Do not let your mountain in labour bring forth a mouse.
你不要弄得事倍功半。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7. Don't labour the reader with unnecessary detail.
不要用不必要的细节使读者疲倦。

来自《简明英汉词典》

8. During these years the labour movement of the United States has made great progress.
这些年来，美国的工人运动已取得巨大的进展。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. Enterprise must have a reservoir of cheap labour.
企业应储备廉价的劳动力。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. Everyone praised her for her love of labour.
人人都夸她爱劳动。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11. Farm labour used to hire themselves out for the summer.
农业工人过去经常整个夏天在外面打工。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. Flexibility of labour was obtained through the breakup of old trade union structures.
打破了旧的工会结构之后，雇用劳工可以灵活处理。

来自《简明英汉词典》

13. He earns a living by casual labour.
他靠做临时工为生。

来自《简明英汉词典》

14. He forced his thralls into hard labour.
他逼迫他的奴隶们干苦役。

来自《简明英汉词典》

15. He has loved labour ever since he was a child.
他从小热爱劳动。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16. He is worthy of the title of labour hero.
劳动英雄的称号，他当之无愧。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

17. He lives by honest labour.
他靠正当的劳动生活。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

18. He was sentenced to five years at hard labour.
他被判5年劳役。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

19. He was sentenced to two years' hard labour.
他被判处两年的苦役。

来自《用法词典》

20. His wife is in labour.
他的夫人正在分娩。

来自《简明英汉词典》