| 单词 | labour |
| 释义 | nounverb🔑 la·bourAW (especiallyUS labor ) BrE /ˈleɪbə(r)/ NAmE /ˈleɪbər/ noun ➤ work 劳动🔑 [U ]work , especially physical work 劳动；（尤指）体力劳动◆ manual labour (= work using your hands )体力劳动◆ The price will include the labour and materials . 此价格中包含人工费和材料费。◆ The company wants to keep down labour costs . 公司想保持低劳动成本。◆ The workers voted to withdraw their labour (= to stop work as a means of protest ). 工人投票决定罢工以示抗议。◆ He was sentenced to two years in a labour camp (= a type of prison where people have to do hard physical work ). 他被判处两年劳改。[C , usually pl. ](formal ) a task or period of work 任务；（一段时间的）工作◆ He was so exhausted from the day's labours that he went straight to bed . 他工作了一天疲惫不堪，便直接上床休息了。➤ people who work 劳动者🔑 [U ]the people who work or are available for work in a country or company （统称）劳工，工人；劳动力◆ a shortage of labour 劳动力的短缺◆ Employers are using immigrants as cheap labour . 雇主正在把移民当作廉价劳动力使用。◆ Repairs involve skilled labour , which can be expensive . 修理需要熟练技工，人工费会很昂贵。◆ good labour relations (= the relationship between workers and employers )良好的劳资关系capacity , industry , just-in-time , labour , lead time , output , raw material , shipping , supply chain , warehouse ➤ having baby 分娩[U , C , usually sing. ]the period of time or the process of giving birth to a baby 分娩期；分娩；生产◆ Jane was in labour for ten hours . 简分娩花了十个小时。◆ She went into labour early . 她早产了。◆ labour pains 分娩时的阵痛◆ It was a difficult labour .那次是难产。birth , breech birth , caesarean , contraction , deliver , induce , labour , midwife , obstetrics , umbilical cord ➤ politics 政治Labour [sing. + sing./pl. v. ] (abbreviation Lab. ) the British Labour Party 英国工党◆ He always votes Labour . 他老是投工党的票。◆ Labour was /were in power for many years .工党曾执政多年。 ● a ˌlabour of ˈlove a hard task that you do because you want to , not because it is necessary 为爱好而做的困难工作🔑 la·bourAW (especiallyUS labor ) BrE /ˈleɪbə(r)/ NAmE /ˈleɪbər/ verb present simple - I / you / we / they labour BrE /ˈleɪbə(r)/ NAmE /ˈleɪbər/ present simple - he / she / it labours BrE /ˈleɪbəz/ NAmE /ˈleɪbərz/ past simple laboured BrE /ˈleɪbəd/ NAmE /ˈleɪbərd/ past participle laboured BrE /ˈleɪbəd/ NAmE /ˈleɪbərd/ -ing form labouring BrE /ˈleɪbərɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈleɪbərɪŋ/ ➤ struggle 奋斗[I ]to try very hard to do sth difficult 努力做（困难的事）◆ ~ (away )He was in his study labouring away over some old papers . 他在书房里潜心研究一些旧材料。◆ ~to do sth They laboured for years to clear their son's name . 他们为洗刷儿子的罪名努力争取了许多年。➤ work hard 努力工作[I ]to do hard physical work 干苦力活◆ We laboured all day in the fields . 我们在田地里辛勤劳动了一整天。◆ (old-fashioned ) the labouring classes (= the working class )工人阶级➤ move with difficulty 吃力地行进[I ](+ adv ./prep .)to move with difficulty and effort 困难吃力地行进SYN struggle◆ The horses laboured up the steep slope . 那些马费力地爬上了陡坡。 ● labour the ˈpoint to continue to repeat or explain sth that has already been said and understood 一再重复，反复解释（已说明的事） ● ˈlabour under sth (formal ) to believe sth that is not true 为…所蒙蔽◆ to labour under a misapprehension /delusion , etc .有误解、错觉等◆ He's still labouring under the impression that he's written a great book . 他仍然有这样的错觉，以为自己撰写了一部巨著。 |
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