laboured

美 [ˈleɪbərd]英 [ˈleɪbəd]
  • adj.费力的;矫揉造作的;不自然的;缓慢而困难的
  • v.努力做(困难的事);干苦力活;困难吃力地行进
  • labour的过去分词和过去式
labouredlaboured

adj.

1

缓慢而困难的
slow and taking a lot of effort

2

不自然的;费力的;矫揉造作的
not natural and seeming to take a lot of effort

laboured

频次

  • 1
    ADJ-GRADED (呼吸)缓慢的,困难的,费力的
    If someone's breathing is laboured, it is slow and seems to take a lot of effort.

    From his slow walk and laboured breathing, Ginny realized he was far from well.

    看他步履缓慢、呼吸困难的样子,金尼意识到他的身体还远未恢复。

  • 2
    ADJ-GRADED (文章或言谈)刻意的,矫揉造作的
    If something such as someone's writing or speech is laboured, they have put too much effort into it so it seems awkward and unnatural.

    The prose of his official communications was so laboured, pompous and verbose...

    他笔下的公文矫揉浮华,长篇大论。

adj

1
requiring or showing effort
heavy breathing
the subject made for labored reading
Synonym: heavy labored
2
lacking natural ease
a labored style of debating
Synonym: labored strained

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  1. 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。

  2. He 's on the right of the Labour Party .

    他是工党内的右派成员。

  3. 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。

  4. 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。

  5. He was sentenced to two years in a labour camp .

    他被判处两年劳改。

  6. The company wants to keep down labour costs .

    公司想保持低劳动成本。

  7. 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。

  8. Female workers constitute the majority of the labour force .

    女性雇员占劳动力的多数。

  9. 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。

  10. 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。

  11. 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。

  12. 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。

  13. She went into labour early .

    她早产了。

  14. Voting showed a 10 % swing to Labour .

    投票显示10%的人转而支持工党。

  15. 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。

  16. 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。

  17. She belongs to the Labour Party .

    她是工党党员。

  18. Jane was in labour for ten hours .

    简分娩花了十个小时。

  19. 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。

  20. Employers are using immigrants as cheap labour .

    雇主正在把移民当作廉价劳动力使用。

  21. Repairs involve skilled labour , which can be expensive .

    修理需要熟练技工,人工费会很昂贵。

  22. Workers have threatened to withdraw their labour .

    工人扬言要罢工。

  23. Huge palaces were built by slave labour .

    宏伟的宫殿是奴隶建成的。

  24. The workers voted to withdraw their labour .

    工人投票决定罢工以示抗议。

  25. He always votes Labour .

    他老是投工党的票。

  26. 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。

  27. Labour swept to victory in 2001 .

    工党在2001年轻松取胜。

  28. The minister of labour will be holding an imbizo with farmers in the area .

    劳工部长将与这一地区的农民举行对话会。

  29. The horses laboured up the steep slope .

    那些马费力地爬上了陡坡。

  30. A vote for the Liberal Democrats is just a Labour vote in disguise .

    投自由民主党的票不过是改头换面投工党的票。