| 释义 |
la·bour¹bre 【英】， labor ame 【美】 /`lebə; ˈleɪbə/ n 1. [c,u] work, especially hard physical work 工作［尤指体力劳动］:◇the job involves a lot of manual labour. 这份工作包含大量的体力劳动。 2. [u] the people who work in an industry or country, considered together as a group 工人; 员工［总称］:◇there is a shortage of skilled labour. (=trained workers) 熟练工人短缺。◇labour is cheap. 劳动力很便宜。 3. [singular 单数，u] the process in which a baby is pushed out of its mother's body 分娩:◇in labour meg was in labour for six hours. 梅格分娩持续了六个小时。 4. labour the labour party ［英国的］工党 5. labour of love work that you do because you enjoy it, not for money ［不考虑报酬］出于喜爱而做的工作 |