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| /ˈleɪbə/ |
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| 1 | formal to work hard , especially physically 辛苦工作（尤指体力劳动） |
| Five generations of his family have laboured as fishermen. 他家5代人都是辛苦劳作的渔民。 |
| | 1a | to put a lot of effort into achieving something 费力地从事… | | labour over sth At midnight she was still labouring over the accounts. 午夜时她仍在费劲地清点账目。 | | labour to do sth He laboured to make them understand his French. 他努力想让他们听懂他的法语。 | |
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| 2 | to move very slowly and with difficulty 费力地行进 |
| He laboured up the stairs with his bag of groceries. 他抱着一包食品杂货艰难地爬上楼梯。 |
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| - | labour the point
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| to continue explaining something or adding details after everyone clearly understands it |
| 一再地解释（或补充说明）他人已经明白的事情 |
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| OK, OK, I get the idea – there’ s no need to labour the point! 好啦，好啦，我明白这意思了，没必要一说再说啦！ |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˈlabour ˌunder |
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| 1 | to exist or try to live in a situation where there are serious difficulties or problems 在（有很大困难或难题的）处境下生存（或设法生活） | Many countries labour under a huge burden of debt they cannot even begin to pay. 很多国家在沉重的债务下喘息，这些债务它们甚至还未开始偿还。 | |
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| 2 | to continue doing something or believing something on the basis that something else is true , even though it is not （依据其他也许并不属实的事物）继续做（或相信） | labour under the illusion/delusion/mistaken conception etc Even after a decade, she still seems to labour under the illusion that she is Party leader. 即便过了10年，她似乎还抱有幻想，以为自己是党派的领导人。 | |
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