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Labour N Uncount Verb Labouring Laboured I Point Hard

单词 labour
音标
英['leɪbə(r)] 美[ˈlebɚ]
解释
n.劳动;劳工;分娩,临产阵痛;工作,活计;vi.劳动,努力;艰难行进;分娩,产前阵痛;使疲倦;
例句

N-UNCOUNT
(辛苦的)劳动,劳作;(通常指)体力劳动
Labour is very hard work, usually physical work.
例:...the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting...播种、种植和收割的辛勤劳作
例: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。

VERB
(用手)劳动
Someone who labours works hard using their hands.
例:...peasants labouring in the fields...在地里劳作的农民
例:Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years.她丈夫在厂里辛勤工作了17年。

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

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.
例:Latin America lacked skilled labour...拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。
例:...the struggle between capital and labour...劳资斗争

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 .
例: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。
例: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。

N-PROPER-COLL
(英国)工党
In Britain, people use Labour to refer to the Labour Party.
例: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。
例:They all vote Labour.他们都投工党的票。

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.
例:...a Labour MP...工党下院议员
例:Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented.数以百万计的工党支持者没有议员代表。

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.
例: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。
例:You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions.你似乎存在相当大的误解。

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.
例: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。

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.
例: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。
例:Some women prefer to move about during labour.有些女人喜欢在分娩期间下床走动。
变形
third:labours~done:laboured~ing:labouring~past:laboured~

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