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Labour N I Point N Uncount 不可数名词 Verb 动词

英语单词 Labour
英美音标 英 ['leɪbə(r)] 美 ['leɪbər]
中文释义 n.劳动;劳工;分娩
v.努力;干苦力活;困难吃力地行进;反复说明
Labour
n.(英国)工党
英语例句 (1) Labour is not only a necessity but also a pleasure.
(2) It takes a lot of labour to build a railway.
(3) A vigorous labour movement began that winter.
(4) The labour question must come to the fore next session.
(5) She was in labour for three hours.
(6) He was elected to the leadership of the Labour Party.
(7) We labour for the happiness of mankind.
(8) The editor laboured over the manuscript till early morning.
(9) Miners labour in the bowels of earth.
(10) The old man laboured up the hillside.
(11) There is no need to labour the argument.
(12) You needn't labour a point that is perfectly plain.
中文例句 (1) 劳动不仅是人生所必需的,而且是一种乐趣。
(2) 修筑一条铁路要花费许多劳动力。
(3) 那年冬天,展开了蓬蓬勃勃的劳工运动。
(4) 劳工问题必将成为下届会议的热门话题。
(5) 她的分娩过程长达三小时。
(6) 他被选为工党的领导人。
(7) 我们为人类的幸福而努力。
(8) 编辑煞费苦心地修改稿件,一直干到清晨。
(9) 矿工们在地底下劳动。
(10) 老人吃力地登上山腰。
(11) 该论据无需详细说明或讨论。
(12) 这点很明显,你用不着讲个没完。
柯林斯解释
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

4
[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。

6
[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。

7
[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。

8
[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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