| 释义 |
la·bour /ˈleɪbə(r)/ n. | vi. | vt. | a. | phr.
I n.
1. 劳动(通常指体力劳动)
There is so much labour involved in decorating a house. 装修房子真费劲。
2. 努力
They have succeeded by their own labour. 他们通过自己的努力获得了成功。
the gruelling labour Tom put in on his master's thesis 汤姆写硕士学位论文时所下的绞尽脑汁的苦功
3. 工作，任务
4. 活计；劳动果实
The employer inspected his completed labours with a critical eye. 雇主以挑剔的眼光检查他完成的活。
5. [总称]劳工，工人；工会
This country has not enough skilled labour. 这个国家缺乏熟练工人。
a meeting between labour and management 劳资会议
6. 【医】分娩，生产；(分娩时的)阵痛；分娩期；阵痛期
His wife is in labour. 他妻子正在分娩。
She went into labour after a fall. 她摔了一跤就分娩了。
difficult labour 难产
natural (或 normal) labour 顺产(或自然分娩)
7. [L-]英国(或英联邦国家的)工党；劳工介绍所，职业介绍所
Both Conservatives and Labour competed for the middle-class vote. 保守党和工党都要争取中产阶级的选票。
I'm going for a job the Labour picked out for me. 我正在争取一份由劳工介绍所为我选定的工作。
8. (船只的)颠簸摇晃，浪中挣扎
II ❶ vi.
1. 劳动，工作
Jack laboured all day at the construction site. 杰克在建筑工地上干了一整天活。
2. 努力 (for)
labour for peace 为和平而努力
I laboured at the English course for two years. 我刻苦攻读了两年英语。
3. 费力地前进
an old man labouring up the stairs 在吃力地登楼梯的老人
The boat laboured upriver. 小船费力地逆流而上。
I laboured through Homer's Iliad with a Greek dictionary. 我借助一本希腊语词典吃力地读完了荷马的《伊利亚特》。
4. (船)前后左右颠簸，浪中挣扎
The ship laboured in the rough sea. 轮船在波涛汹涌的海面上颠簸。
5. 苦恼，痛苦
6. 过分精工制作；过分详尽阐述
7. 分娩；(生产前)经受阵痛
8. (发动机等)吵闹且费力地运行
❷ vt.
1. 在…上过分精工制作；过分详尽阐述
Don't waste time labouring the obvious. 对一目了然的事情不用浪费时间多讲。
2. 使疲倦；使厌烦
I won't labour you with the details. 我将不详述细节以免使你厌烦。
3. 使辛勤地劳动(或工作)
Government officials labour their wits on tasks like these. 政府官员们常为这类任务绞尽脑汁。
4. 〈古〉〈诗〉耕作(土地)
5. 〈古〉努力争取到；力求促成
He earnestly laboured that reunion. 他竭力促成了那次团聚。
III a.
1. 劳工的；工会的；劳动条件的；劳资关系的
a labour shortage 劳力短缺
labour legislation 劳工立法
a labour leader 工会领袖
a labour contract 劳资合同
2. [常作L-]英国(或英联邦国家)工党的；劳工政党的；劳工组织势力占优势的政党的
a Labour candidate 工党候选人
[OFr<L labor toil, pain<? lābî to slip¹, totter] phr. labour along 艰难地前进，费劲地前进 The old man laboured along, groaning in pain. 老人边艰难地向前走，边痛苦地呻吟。labour in vain 无效劳动；徒劳 labour of Hercules 异常艰巨的任务；需极大精力才能完成的工作 labour on 1. 继续劳动 (或工作)The man laboured on into the night. 那人一直工作到深夜。 2. 艰难地前进 The refugees laboured on towards safety. 难民们艰难地走向安全地带。labour over 费劲地从事 (艰巨的工作)The editor laboured over the manuscript till early morning. 那编辑通宵达旦费劲地修改那份稿件。labour under 1. 苦于；为…而苦恼 The new government removed the injustices under which the population had laboured. 新政府去除了人民过去所蒙受的冤屈。The clinic laboured under the disadvantage of not having enough medical apparatus. 那个诊疗所苦于没有足够的医疗器械。 2. 为…所蒙蔽；为…所困惑 He laboured under the delusion that he could never make a mistake. 他总有这样的错觉，以为自己永远不会犯错误。 |