英语单词 | labor |
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英美音标 | 英 ['leɪbə(r)] 美 ['leɪbər] |
中文释义 | n.工人;劳工;工作;分娩;劳力 v.苦干;劳动;致力于;过分详尽阐述 adj.劳工的;劳动的 |
英语例句 | (1) The country is short of skilled labor. (2) He is a member of the Labor Party. (3) The cardinal idea of the Labor Party's political thought is that all people should be equal. (4) Their labor efficiency is very high. (5) There is a clear division of labor in ants. (6) He was in anguish while his wife was in labor. (7) It takes a lot of labor to build a railway. (8) They figured why should they labor when there was no payoff. (9) Genius is the power to labor better and more availably. (10) You needn't labor a point that is perfectly plain. (11) The intent is to limit the entry of immigrant labor. (12) Not long ago, the sight of a Labor government bowing to demands from bosses and opening the gates to foreign workers would have produced howls of anguish from unions. (13) I'm a strong believer in the dignity of labor. (14) The mill where we often labor is a paper mill. |
中文例句 | (1) 这个国家缺乏熟练工人。 (2) 他是一名工党党员。 (3) 工党政治思想的要点是人人平等。 (4) 他们的工作效率很高。 (5) 蚂蚁间有明确的分工。 (6) 妻子分娩时,他感到很痛苦。 (7) 修筑一条铁路要花费许多劳动力。 (8) 他们认为没有回报为何要去努力工作。 (9) 天才就是更好、更有效的劳动。 (10) 这点很明显,你用不着讲个没完。 (11) 目的是限制移民劳工的进入。 (12) 不久前,工党政府的观点因企业老板对劳工的需求而得到转变,对外国劳工大开国门的做法还会引发工会怒气纷纷。 (13) 我深信劳动的尊严。 (14) 我们常在那里劳动的工厂是一个造纸厂。 |
vocabulary简明 | Although the word labor seems to suggest tough, physical work that makes you sweat, any type of work, whether physical or mental, can be considered labor. |
vocabulary扩展 | Labor is usually associated with very hard, physical work, suggesting fatigue and aching muscles. In fact, a woman giving birth is said to be in labor, giving true meaning to the phrase "labor of love." The word can also be used as a verb, as in "He had to labor many years to pay off his debt." That sense of hard work fits in with the Labor Party of some nations, a party generally favored by and supporting the working class. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 →see: labour ; |
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