labour
(US labor), n
1 [U] physicalor mental work (體力或腦力)勞動(dòng): manual labour 手工勞動(dòng)
Workers are paid for their labour. 工作的人按勞獲得報(bào)酬.
2 [C usu pl 通常作復(fù)數(shù)]
task; piece of work 任務(wù); 工作
tired after one's labours 工作後感到疲勞. =>Usage at work1 用法見(jiàn)work1.
3 [U] workers as a group or class, esp as contrasted with capital, management, etc 勞動(dòng)階級(jí); 勞工
skilled/unskilled labour 熟練工人[非熟練工人]
[attrib 作定語(yǔ)]
labour relations, ie between workers and employers 勞資關(guān)系
labour leaders, ie trade union leaders 工會(huì)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人.
4 [U, sing] contractions of the womb during the process of childbirth (分娩時(shí)的)陣痛, 陣痛期
begin, go into, be in labour 開(kāi)始、 進(jìn)入、 處?kù)蛾囃雌?
She had a difficult labour. 她難產(chǎn).
[attrib 作定語(yǔ)]
a labour ward, ie a set of rooms in a hospital for childbirth 產(chǎn)房.
5 Labour (abbr 縮寫(xiě) Lab) (Brit politics 政) [Gp]
the Labour Party 工黨
[attrib 作定語(yǔ)]
the Labour vote 工黨選票
Labour supporters 工黨擁護(hù)者.
6 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) a ,labour of `Hercules task needing great strength or effort 極艱巨的工作. a ,labour of `love task done out of enthusiasm or devotion, not from necessity or for profit 為愛(ài)好而做的工作. labour (US labor) v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, It]
work or try hard 勞動(dòng); 工作; 努力
labour on/at a task 努力做某項(xiàng)工作
I've been labouring (away) over a hot stove all morning. 我一上午都在熱爐前忙個(gè)不停.
He laboured to finish the job on time. 他努力按時(shí)完成了任務(wù).
2
(a) [I, Ipr, It]
do sth only with difficulty and effort 吃力地做某事物
The old man laboured up the hillside. 老人吃力地登山.
The ship laboured through the rough seas. 船在波濤洶涌的海上掙扎前行.
labouring to breathe 吃力地呼吸.
(b) [I] (of an engine) work slowly and with difficulty (指發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī))工作緩慢而費(fèi)力
You should change gear the engine's starting to labour. 你該換擋了--發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)有些吃不住勁了.
3 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) `labour the point continue to repeat or explain sth that has already been said and understood 一再重復(fù)或解釋已經(jīng)說(shuō)過(guò)的或已為人明白的事情
Your argument was clear to us from the start there's no need to labour the point. 你的論點(diǎn)一開(kāi)頭我們就清楚了--沒(méi)必要一再重復(fù).
4 (phr v) labour under sth (fml 文)
(a) suffer because of (a disadvantage or difficulty) 因(不利或困難)而苦惱; 苦於
people labouring under the handicaps of ignorance and superstition 為愚昧和迷信所苦的人們.
(b) be deceived or misled by sth 被某事物蒙蔽或誤導(dǎo)
He labours under the delusion that he's a fine actor. 他有個(gè)錯(cuò)覺(jué), 以為自己是個(gè)好演員.