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labour

['leɪbə(r)]laboured, labouring, labours

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劳动(76%),劳工(11%),分娩(6%),努力(4%),困难吃力地行进(1%),干苦力活(1%),反复说明(1%)
n.(英国)工党
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labour ★★★★★
/le͟ɪbə(r)/
in AM, use 美国英语用 labor
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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.
  [also N in pl]
  • ...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。

  • Writing this book has been a great pleasure, a true labour of love.

    写这本书是一大乐事,辛苦绝对是心甘情愿。

2
[VERB 动词](用手)劳动 Someone who labours works hard using their hands.
  [V]
  • ...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 动词]艰苦地做;吃力地做 If you labour to do something, you do it with difficulty.
  [V to-inf]
  [V under n]
  • 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

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](总称)劳工,工人 Labour is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group.
  [oft supp N]
  • 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 不可数名词]劳动成果 The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as their labour .
  [oft poss N]
  • 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。

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[N-PROPER-COLL 专有集合名词](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。

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[ADJ 形容词]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。

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[VERB 动词]误以为;为…所蒙蔽 If you labour under a delusion or misapprehension, you continue to believe something which is not true.
  [V under n]
  • 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 动词]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.
  [V n]
  • 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。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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。


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la·bour AWL ( especially US labor ) / ˈleɪbə(r) ; NAmE ˈleɪbər /
noun
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labour labours laboured labouring
noun work 劳动 1 [uncountable ] 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。 2 [countable ,  usually plural ] ( 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 3 [uncountable ] 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 having baby 分娩 4 [uncountable ,  countable ,  usually singular ] the period of time or the process of giving birth to a baby 分娩期;分娩;生产 Jane was in labourfor ten hours. 简分娩花了十个小时。 She went into labourearly. 她早产了。 labour pains 分娩时的阵痛 politics 政治 5 Labour [singular + singular or plural verb ] ( abbr.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。 IDIOM 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 verb struggle 奋斗 1 [intransitive ] to try very hard to do sth difficult 努力做(困难的事) labour(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。 labourto 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 2 [intransitive ] 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 3 [intransitive ] (+ 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。
IDIOM 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) PHRASAL VERB 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。
la·bour / ˈleɪbə(r) ; NAmE ˈleɪbər /
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labour1 noun
labour2 verb
labourlabour1 British English, labor American English ●●○ S3 W3 AWL noun
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1work [uncountable] work, especially physical work:  The garage charges £30 an hour for labour. Many women do hard manual labour (=work with their hands). Workers withdrew their labour (=protested by stopping work) for twenty-four hours.
hard labour
2workers [uncountable] all the people who work for a company or in a country:  a shortage of skilled labor We need to reduce our labour costs.3baby [singular, uncountable] the process of giving birth to a babyin labour Meg was in labour for ten hours. Diane went into labour at 2 o'clock.a long/short/difficult labour The labour pains were unbearable.labour ward/room (=a room in a hospital where women give birth)4a labour of love something that is hard work but that you do because you want to5somebody’s labours formal a period of hard work:  After several hours' gardening, we sat down to admire the results of our labours.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + labourskilled/unskilled labour· Employers want to keep skilled labour because of the cost of training.cheap labour (=workers who have low wages)· Women and children were used as cheap labour.casual labour (=workers who do jobs that are not permanent)· The industry makes use of a large supply of casual labour.child labour· The shoe company was accused of using child labour in its factory.slave labour· Cotton was grown using slave labor.labour + NOUNthe labour force (=all the people who work in a country or for a company)· We need an educated labour force.the labour supply (=all the people available to work)· What was the effect of the war on the labour supply?the labour market (=the people looking for work and the jobs available)· the percentage of women in the labour marketa labour shortage· Immigrants came into the country to fill the labour shortage.labour costs· There was pressure to keep down labour costs.
labour1 noun
labour2 verb
labourlabour2 British English, labor American English ●○○ AWL verb [intransitive]
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1to work hard:  They laboured all day in the mills.labour over I’ve been labouring over this report all morning.labour to do something Ray had little talent but labored to acquire the skills of a writer.2labour under a delusion/misconception/misapprehension etc to believe something that is not true:  She had laboured under the misconception that Bella liked her.3labour the point to describe or explain something in too much detail or when people have already understood it4[always + adverb/preposition] to move slowly and with difficulty:  I could see the bus labouring up the steep, windy road.

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