labour
- n.劳动，工作;活计，劳动果实;工会;努力;分娩;英国工党;工人阶级，体力劳动者;（分娩时的）阵痛;工人，劳工
- v.劳动，工作;分娩;苦恼，痛苦;苦干;努力争取(for);费力地前进;(船)前后左右颠簸，浪中挣扎;过分精工制作，过分详尽阐述;详细分析（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转
- adj.与英国工党有关的;支持英国工党的
过去式： laboured 现在分词： labouring 过去分词： laboured 第三人称单数： labours
labournoun
劳动 work
劳动；（尤指）体力劳动
work, especially physical work
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。
任务；（一段时间的）工作
a task or period of work
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。
劳动者 people who work
（统称）劳工，工人；劳动力
the people who work or are available for work in a country or company
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
分娩 having baby
分娩期；分娩；生产
the period of time or the process of giving birth to a baby
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
政治 politics
英国工党
the British Labour Party
He always votes Labour.
他老是投工党的票。
Labour has/have been in power for nearly ten years.
工党执政已将近十年。
a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary
verb
奋斗 struggle
努力做（困难的事）
to try very hard to do sth difficult
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。
They laboured for years to clear their son's name.
他们为洗刷儿子的罪名奋力斗争了许多年。
努力工作 work hard
干苦力活
to do hard physical work
We laboured all day in the fields.
我们在田地里辛勤劳动了一整天。
the labouring classes (= the working class)
工人阶级
吃力地行进 move with difficulty
困难吃力地行进
to move with difficulty and effort
The horses laboured up the steep slope.
那些马费力地爬上了陡坡。
to continue to repeat or explain sth that has already been said and understood
为…所蒙蔽
to believe sth that is not true
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。
labour
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N-UNCOUNT （辛苦的）劳动，劳作；（通常指）体力劳动
Labour is very hard work, usually physical work....the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting...
播种、种植和收割的辛勤劳作
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VERB （用手）劳动
Someone who labours works hard using their hands....peasants labouring in the fields...
在地里劳作的农民
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VERB 艰苦地做；吃力地做
If you labour to do something, you do it with difficulty.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。
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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.Latin America lacked skilled labour...
拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。
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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 .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。
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N-PROPER-COLL （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。
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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....a Labour MP...
工党下院议员
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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.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。
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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.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 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。
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- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- his labor did not require a great deal of skill
- Synonym: labor toil
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- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
- Synonym: labor working class proletariat
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- concluding state of pregnancy;from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- she was in labor for six hours
- Synonym: parturiency labor confinement lying-in travail childbed
verb
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- undergo the efforts of childbirth
- Synonym: labor
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- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- She tugged for years to make a decent living
- We have to push a little to make the deadline!
- She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
- Synonym: tug labor push drive
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- work hard
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
- Synonym: labor toil fag travail grind drudge dig moil
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The company wants to keep down labour costs .
公司想保持低劳动成本。
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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。
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The report studies the organization of labour within the company .
这个报告研究了公司内部的人力分配问题。
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He 's on the right of the Labour Party .
他是工党内的右派成员。
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Raw materials and labour come by ship , rail or road .
从水上、铁路和公路运来原料和工人。
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Local companies pitched in with building materials and labour .
当地的公司支援了建筑材料和劳动力。
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He was sentenced to two years in a labour camp .
他被判处两年劳改。
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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。
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They laboured for years to clear their son 's name .
他们为洗刷儿子的罪名奋力斗争了许多年。
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Female workers constitute the majority of the labour force .
女性雇员占劳动力的多数。
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People under the age of 40 constitute the majority of the labour force .
40岁以下的人占劳动力的大多数。
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I left because the job was just slave labour .
我之所以离开是因为那工作简直是奴隶干的。
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We are asking people to boycott goods from companies that use child labour .
我们正呼吁大家抵制雇用童工的公司的产品。
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The booklet contains information on pain relief during labour .
这本小册子介绍了减轻分娩疼痛的知识。
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She went into labour early .
她早产了。
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Voting showed a 10 % swing to Labour .
投票显示10%的人转而支持工党。
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In the 1990s the Labour Party rebranded itself as New Labour .
工党于20世纪90年代重塑形象，改称新工党。
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The Conservatives won the seat from Labour in the last election .
在上次选举中保守党从工党手中夺得了这个议席。
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She belongs to the Labour Party .
她是工党党员。
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Jane was in labour for ten hours .
简分娩花了十个小时。
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The mines were manned by forced labour from conquered countries .
这些矿由来自被征服国家的强制劳工开采。
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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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Employers are using immigrants as cheap labour .
雇主正在把移民当作廉价劳动力使用。
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Repairs involve skilled labour , which can be expensive .
修理需要熟练技工，人工费会很昂贵。
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Workers have threatened to withdraw their labour .
工人扬言要罢工。
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Huge palaces were built by slave labour .
宏伟的宫殿是奴隶建成的。
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The workers voted to withdraw their labour .
工人投票决定罢工以示抗议。
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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。
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He always votes Labour .
他老是投工党的票。
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The Conservatives are trailing Labour in the opinion polls .
在民意测验中保守党的支持率落后于工党。
强调婴儿出生的那一刻。
date/place/time of birth
出生日期/地点/时间
The baby girl weighed only 2 kilos at birth.
那个女婴出生时只有两公斤重。
主要指分娩的过程。
The mother had an easy delivery.
那位母亲顺产。
The young woman had a painless delivery.
那个年轻妇女是无痛分娩。
指分娩的过程，和 delivery 基本同义。
The woman is in labour.
那个妇女处于临产状态。
She went into labour early this morning.
她今天一早就开始分娩了。
最普通用词，含义广泛，既可指体力劳动也可指脑力劳动，通常都以挣钱为目的，有时也指机器干的工作。
We have more work than we can deal with.
我们的工作多得做不完。
Work can bring you pleasure.
工作能给人带来快乐。
He started work when he was just 15.
他15岁就开始工作了。
Only those who love their work can enjoy the delight in work.
只有热爱工作的人才能享受到工作中的乐趣。
多用于口语，侧重指受雇用的、以谋生为目的的工作。
Peter does odd jobs for his neighbours.
彼得给邻居们打零工。
Sorting these reports out is going to be a hard job.
整理这些报告是件很辛苦的事。
Her daughter has a job in a bank.
她女儿在银行里有份工作。
The job requires much hard labour.
这项工作要付出很多艰苦的劳动。
尤指艰苦的体力劳动。
All wealth comes ultimately from human labour.
一切财富归根到底来源于人类的劳动。
There is a clear division of labour in ants.
蚂蚁间有明确的分工。
In return for his labour, he receives food and shelter.
他以他辛苦的劳动换取食物和栖身之所。
指十分累人的苦活。
A life of toil is generally the price of fame and success.
劳苦的一生通常是声望和成功的代价。
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
我无可奉献，除了鲜血、辛劳、泪水和汗水。
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