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la.bour (obj) Br and AusAm and Aus la.bor H5leI7bE5, $-bLvIf you labour you do hard physical work.劳动,干重活She was exhausted --she'd been labouring in the garden for hours. [I]她累坏了----她在花园里干了几小时活。He travelled around Europe labouring/doing labouring jobs to pay his way.他周游欧洲靠干活赚旅费。Three hours after the explosion, rescue teams were still labouring to free those trapped. [+ to infinitive]爆炸过后三小时,救援队还在努力营救被困的人。To labour is also to do something slowly with great physical or mental effort.费力缓慢地干He laboured up the hill, a child and two bags of shopping in his arms. [I]他吃力地爬着坡,抱着一个孩子和两袋买来的东西。She's been labouring over the same composition for days, poor thing. [I]几天来她一直在吃力地写同一篇作文,真可怜。If you labour ( Am also belabor) a point you try too hard to express an idea, feeling or opinion, repeating it unnecessarily.喋喋不休,过于详尽地阐述Look, there's no need to labour the point -- I made a mistake -- I admit it! [T]瞧,没必要费口舌,我错了----我承认!If you labour under a delusion/illusion/misapprehension you wrongly believe something to be true which is not in fact true.误以为; 幻想At the time I was still labouring under the delusion that the project might be a success. [I]那时我还误以为这个项目会成功。
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