| 单词 | labour |
| 释义 | labour noun¹ 1 (bre) (name labor) work工作adjective | verb + labour/labor | labour/labor + noun adjective➤manual, physical体力劳动➤back-breaking, forced, hard令人累断腰的劳动；强迫劳动；苦役◆he was sentenced to four years' hard labour for his crime.他因犯罪被判 4 年苦役。➤productive, unproductive生产性／非生产性劳动➤unpaid无偿劳动verb + labour/labor➤withdraw停工◆the miners are threatening to withdraw their labour.矿工们威胁要罢工。labour/labor + noun➤productivity劳动生产率➤camp劳改营◆dissidents were forced to work in labour camps.持不同政见者在劳改营被强制劳动。labour noun² 2 (bre) (name labor) workers工人adjective | labour/labor + noun adjective➤free, organized非工会／工会工人➤wage雇佣劳动力▸➤cheap, low-cost廉价劳动力▸➤casual, day (name) 临时工；（按日计酬的）散工▸➤skilled, unskilled熟练／非熟练工人➤illegal非法劳动力➤foreign, immigrant, migrant外国劳工；移民劳工；流动工人➤child, slave童工；奴隶劳工◆it is now thought that the pyramids were not built using slave labour.人们现在认为金字塔当年不是靠做苦工的奴隶建成的。➤prison狱中劳役➤farm农场劳工➤sweatshop血汗劳工labour/labor + noun➤force劳动力◆the size of the labour force劳动力规模➤market, pool, supply劳动力市场／储备／供应◆an increasingly competitive labour market竞争越来越激烈的劳动力市场➤shortage劳动力短缺▸➤cost, costs劳动力成本➤movement工人运动◆tensions between the labour movement and government工人运动与政府之间的紧张关系➤organization劳工组织➤activist, leader劳工运动活动家／领袖▸➤relations劳资关系➤dispute劳动争议➤law劳动法labour noun³ 3 (bre) (name labor) giving birth生育adjective | verb + labour/labor | labour/labor + noun | preposition adjective➤difficult, easy难产；顺产▸➤long, short长时间的／短时间的分娩◆the baby was born after a long labour.这个婴儿经过很长时间的分娩才出生。➤preterm早产◆women at risk of preterm labour有早产危险的妇女verb + labour/labor➤go into进入分娩期◆she went into labour two weeks early.她提前两周分娩。➤induce引产◆labour was induced when the baby was ten days overdue.在婴儿超过预产期 10 天以后进行了引产。labour/labor + noun➤room, ward (bre) 待产室；产房▸➤pains分娩时的阵痛preposition➤in labour在分娩◆she was in labour for ten hours.她分娩长达 10 个小时。labour (name spelling labor) /leɪbə(r)/ noun [uncountable] 1.work, especially physical work 劳动；（尤指）体力劳动◆the price will include labour and materials. 这价钱将包括人工费和材料费。◆ manual labour (= work using your hands) 手工劳动◆(bre) the workers voted to withdraw their labour (= to stop work as a way of protesting). 工人投票决定罢工以示抗议。2.the people who work or are available for work in a country or a company 工人；劳工；劳力◆a shortage of skilled labour 熟练劳动力短缺◆countries with good supplies of raw materials and cheap labour 原材料和廉价劳动力供应充足的国家◆the company wants to keep down labour costs. 这公司想降低劳动成本。 agency labour ◇ child labour ◇ contract labour ◇ direct labour ◇ division of labour ◇ indirect labour ◇ mobility of labour ◇ organized labour labour (name spelling labor) /leɪbə(r)/ verb [intransitive] to try very hard to do sth difficult or to deal with a difficult problem 努力做（困难的事）；处理（难题）◆he was still labouring away over some papers in his office. 他仍然在办公室里努力处理一些文件。◆the group is labouring under €5 bn of debt. 这集团正为 50 亿欧元的债务艰辛挣扎。☞ labour☞ labourlabour (bre) (name labor) /leɪbə(r)/ [uncountable] work, especially physical work劳动；（尤指）体力劳动◆these women were generally accustomed to hard manual labour (= work using their hands).这些妇女对繁重的体力劳动一般都习以为常了。◆the price will include the labour and materials.这个价格包含劳务费和材料费。◆the company wants to keep down labour costs.这家公司想保持低劳动成本。labour (bre) (name labor) /leɪbə(r)/ [intransitive] (rather formal, especially written) to do hard physical work干体力活◆they laboured all day in the fields.他们一整天都在地里干活。labour¹/ˈleɪbə(r) ||; ˈlebɚ/(us 美 labor) noun 1. [u] work, usually of a hard, physical kind 劳动（通常指繁重的体力劳动）: ◇manual labour (= work using your hands) 体力劳动 2. [u] workers, when thought of as a group 劳工（总称）: ◇there is a shortage of skilled labour. 熟练工人短缺。 3. [u] [c] [usu.sing] the process of giving birth to a baby 分娩 · ◇she went into labour in the early hours of this morning. 今天凌晨她开始阵痛，要分娩了。◇ she was in labour for ten hours. 她分娩阵痛了十个小时。 labour²/ˈleɪbə(r) ||; ˈlebɚ/(us 美 labor) verb [i] 1. labour (away) to work hard at sth 努力工作: ◇she laboured on her book for two years. 她这本书花去了两年的心血。 2. to move or do sth with difficulty and effort 吃力地移动或做 laboursee ⇨ baby 5 ⇨ work 5 ⇨ work for sb 4 ⇨ work hard 1 • • •• ⇨ slave labour labouradj◇a labour mp 工党下议院议员 ☞ labour¹☞ labour² |
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