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labour

noun
 
/ˈleɪbə(r)/
/ˈleɪbər/
(US English labor)
Idioms
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    work劳动

  1.  
     [uncountable] 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。
    • a fair division of labour between men and women男女之间的公平分工
    see also bonded labour, forced labour, hard labour, slave labour
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    • The miners are threatening to withdraw their labour.矿工们威胁要罢工。
    • These women were generally accustomed to hard manual labour.这些妇女对繁重的体力劳动一般都习以为常了。
    Topics Businessb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • manual
    • physical
    • back-breaking
    • …
    verb + labour/​labor
    • withdraw
    labour/​labor + noun
    • productivity
    • camp
    See full entry
  2. [countable, usually plural] (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 look forward to enjoying the fruits of their labours during retirement.人们盼望退休后能享受劳动成果。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • manual
    • physical
    • back-breaking
    • …
    verb + labour/​labor
    • withdraw
    labour/​labor + noun
    • productivity
    • camp
    See full entry
    3.

    people who work劳动者

  3.  
     [uncountable] the people who work or are available for work in a country or company（统称）劳工，工人；劳动力
    • forced/slave labour强迫/奴隶劳动
    • a shortage of labour劳动力的短缺
    • Companies are making huge profits by exploiting cheap labour in poor countries.公司通过剥削贫穷国家的廉价劳动力获取巨额利润。
    • There is a growing demand for skilled labour.对熟练劳动力的需求越来越大。
    • New labour laws make it more difficult for employers to sack workers.新劳动法使得雇主更难解雇工人。
    • good labour relations (= the relationship between workers and employers)良好的劳资关系
    see also child labour
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    • 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。
    • tensions between the labour movement and government工人运动与政府之间的紧张关系
    Topics Working lifeb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • free
    • organized
    • wage
    • …
    labour/​labor + noun
    • force
    • market
    • pool
    • …
    See full entry
    4.

    having baby分娩

  4. [uncountable, countable, usually singular] the period of time or the process of giving birth to a baby分娩期；分娩；生产
    • in labour 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。
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    • Older women tend to have more difficult labours.老年妇女往往有更困难的劳动。
    • She went into labour two weeks early.她提前两周分娩。
    • The baby was born after a long labour.这个婴儿经过很长时间的分娩才出生。
    • women at risk of preterm labour有早产危险的妇女
    • Labour was induced when the baby was ten days overdue.在婴儿超过预产期 10 天以后进行了引产。
    Topics Life stagesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • difficult
    • easy
    • long
    • …
    verb + labour/​labor
    • go into
    • induce
    labour/​labor + noun
    • room
    • ward
    • pains
    • …
    preposition
    • in labour
    See full entry
    5.

    politics政治

  5. Labour
     [singular + singular or plural verb]
    (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。
    Topics Politicsb2
    6. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French labour (noun), labourer (verb), both from Latin labor ‘toil, trouble’.
Idioms
a labour of love
  1. a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary为爱好而做的困难工作
    • Writing the book was a labour of love.写这本书是一项热爱的工作。

labour

verb
/ˈleɪbə(r)/
/ˈleɪbər/
(US English labor)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they labour
/ˈleɪbə(r)/
/ˈleɪbər/
he / she / it labours
/ˈleɪbəz/
/ˈleɪbərz/
past simple laboured
/ˈleɪbəd/
/ˈleɪbərd/
past participle laboured
/ˈleɪbəd/
/ˈleɪbərd/
-ing form labouring
/ˈleɪbərɪŋ/
/ˈleɪbərɪŋ/
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    struggle奋斗

  1. [intransitive] to try very hard to do something difficult努力做（困难的事）
    • labour (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。
    • labour to do something They 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。
    2.

    work hard努力工作

  2. [intransitive] 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
    3.

    move with difficulty吃力地行进

  3. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to move with difficulty and effort困难吃力地行进 synonym struggle
    • The horses laboured up the steep slope.那些马费力地爬上了陡坡。
    • With engine labouring, the car struggled up the hill.由于发动机运转不灵，汽车艰难地向山上驶去。
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French labour (noun), labourer (verb), both from Latin labor ‘toil, trouble’.
Idioms
labour the point
  1. to continue to repeat or explain something that has already been said and understood一再重复，反复解释（已说明的事）
    • I understand what you’re saying—there’s no need to labour the point.我理解你说的话——没必要一再解释了。
BNC: 724 COCA: 16348
labour

noun¹

 1 (BrE) (NAmE labor) work工作ADJECTIVE | VERB + LABOUR/LABOR | LABOUR/LABOR + NOUN ADJECTIVE➤manual, physical體力勞動➤back-breaking, forced, hard令人累斷腰的勞動；強迫勞動；苦役◇He was sentenced to four years' hard labour for his crime.他因犯罪被判 4 年苦役。➤productive, unproductive生產性／非生產性勞動➤unpaid無償勞動VERB + LABOUR/LABOR➤withdraw停工◇The miners are threatening to withdraw their labour.礦工們威脅要罷工。LABOUR/LABOR + NOUN➤productivity勞動生產率➤camp勞改營◇Dissidents were forced to work in labour camps.持不同政見者在勞改營被強制勞動。
labour

noun²

 2 (BrE) (NAmE labor) workers工人ADJECTIVE | LABOUR/LABOR + NOUN ADJECTIVE➤free, organized非工會／工會工人➤wage雇傭勞動力▸➤cheap, low-cost廉價勞動力▸➤casual, day (NAmE) 臨時工；（按日計酬的）散工▸➤skilled, unskilled熟練／非熟練工人➤illegal非法勞動力➤foreign, immigrant, migrant外國勞工；移民勞工；流動工人➤child, slave童工；奴隸勞工◇It is now thought that the Pyramids were not built using slave labour.人們現在認為金字塔當年不是靠做苦工的奴隸建成的。➤prison獄中勞役➤farm農場勞工➤sweatshop血汗勞工LABOUR/LABOR + NOUN➤force勞動力◇the size of the labour force勞動力規模➤market, pool, supply勞動力市場／儲備／供應◇an increasingly competitive labour market競爭越來越激烈的勞動力市場➤shortage勞動力短缺▸➤cost, costs勞動力成本➤movement工人運動◇tensions between the labour movement and government工人運動與政府之間的緊張關係➤organization勞工組織➤activist, leader勞工運動活動家／領袖▸➤relations勞資關係➤dispute勞動爭議➤law勞動法
labour

noun³

 3 (BrE) (NAmE labor) giving birth生育ADJECTIVE | VERB + LABOUR/LABOR | LABOUR/LABOR + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤difficult, easy難產；順產▸➤long, short長時間的／短時間的分娩◇The baby was born after a long labour.這個嬰兒經過很長時間的分娩才出生。➤preterm早產◇women at risk of preterm labour有早產危險的婦女VERB + LABOUR/LABOR➤go into進入分娩期◇She went into labour two weeks early.她提前兩週分娩。➤induce引產◇Labour was induced when the baby was ten days overdue.在嬰兒超過預產期 10 天以後進行了引產。LABOUR/LABOR + NOUN➤room, ward (BrE) 待產室；產房▸➤pains分娩時的陣痛PREPOSITION➤in labour在分娩◇She was in labour for ten hours.她分娩長達 10 個小時。
BNC: 724 COCA: 16348
labour (also labor) verb
⇨ work 1labour (also labor) noun
⇨ work 1
BNC: 724 COCA: 16348

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