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🔑 la·bour AW (especially US labor) BrE /ˈleɪbə(r)/NAmE /ˈleɪbər/ noun➤work 劳动🔑 [U] work, especially physical work 劳动；（尤指）体力劳动◆manual labour (= work using your hands) 体力劳动◆The price will include the labour and materials. 此价格中包含人工费和材料费。◆The company wants to keep down labour costs. 公司想保持低劳动成本。◆The workers voted to withdraw their labour (= to stop work as a means of protest). 工人投票决定罢工以示抗议。◆He was sentenced to two years in a labour camp (= a type of prison where people have to do hard physical work). 他被判处两年劳改。 [C, usually pl.] (formal) a task or period of work 任务；（一段时间的）工作◆He was so exhausted from the day's labours that he went straight to bed. 他工作了一天疲惫不堪，便直接上床休息了。➤people who work 劳动者🔑 [U] the people who work or are available for work in a country or company （统称）劳工，工人；劳动力◆a shortage of labour 劳动力的短缺◆Employers are using immigrants as cheap labour. 雇主正在把移民当作廉价劳动力使用。◆Repairs involve skilled labour, which can be expensive. 修理需要熟练技工，人工费会很昂贵。◆good labour relations (= the relationship between workers and employers) 良好的劳资关系 capacity, industry, just-in-time, labour, lead time, output, raw material, shipping, supply chain, warehouse ➤having baby 分娩 [U, C, usually sing.] the period of time or the process of giving birth to a baby 分娩期；分娩；生产◆Jane was in labour for ten hours. 简分娩花了十个小时。◆She went into labour early. 她早产了。◆labour pains 分娩时的阵痛◆It was a difficult labour.那次是难产。 birth, breech birth, caesarean, contraction, deliver, induce, labour, midwife, obstetrics, umbilical cord ➤politics 政治Labour [sing. + sing./pl. v.] (abbreviation Lab.) the British Labour Party 英国工党◆He always votes Labour. 他老是投工党的票。◆Labour was/were in power for many years.工党曾执政多年。 ●a ˌlabour of ˈlovea hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary 为爱好而做的困难工作 🔑 la·bour AW (especially US labor) BrE /ˈleɪbə(r)/NAmE /ˈleɪbər/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they labour BrE /ˈleɪbə(r)/ NAmE /ˈleɪbər/present simple - he / she / it labours BrE /ˈleɪbəz/ NAmE /ˈleɪbərz/past simple laboured BrE /ˈleɪbəd/ NAmE /ˈleɪbərd/past participle laboured BrE /ˈleɪbəd/ NAmE /ˈleɪbərd/ -ing form labouring BrE /ˈleɪbərɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈleɪbərɪŋ/➤struggle 奋斗 [I] to try very hard to do sth difficult 努力做（困难的事）◆~ (away) He was in his study labouring away over some old papers. 他在书房里潜心研究一些旧材料。◆~ to do sthThey laboured for years to clear their son's name. 他们为洗刷儿子的罪名努力争取了许多年。➤work hard 努力工作 [I] to do hard physical work 干苦力活◆We laboured all day in the fields. 我们在田地里辛勤劳动了一整天。◆(old-fashioned) the labouring classes (= the working class) 工人阶级➤move with difficulty 吃力地行进 [I] (+ adv./prep.) to move with difficulty and effort 困难吃力地行进 SYN struggle ◆The horses laboured up the steep slope. 那些马费力地爬上了陡坡。●labour the ˈpointto continue to repeat or explain sth that has already been said and understood 一再重复，反复解释（已说明的事） ●ˈlabour under sth(formal) to believe sth that is not true 为…所蒙蔽◆to labour under a misapprehension/delusion, etc. 有误解、错觉等◆He's still labouring under the impression that he's written a great book. 他仍然有这样的错觉，以为自己撰写了一部巨著。 |