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labour

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

  1.  
     [uncountable] work, especially physical work勞動；（尤指）體力勞動
    • manual labour (= work using your hands)體力勞動
    • The price will include the labour and materials.此價格中包含人工費和材料費。
    • The company wants to keep down labour costs.公司想保持低勞動成本。
    • The workers voted to withdraw their labour (= to stop work as a means of protest).工人投票決定罷工以示抗議。
    • a fair division of labour between men and women男女之間的公平分工
    see also bonded labour, forced labour, hard labour, slave labour
    Extra Examples
    • The miners are threatening to withdraw their labour.礦工們威脅要罷工。
    • These women were generally accustomed to hard manual labour.這些婦女對繁重的體力勞動一般都習以爲常了。
    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任務；（一段時間的）工作
    • He was so exhausted from the day's labours that he went straight to bed.他工作了一天疲憊不堪，便直接上床休息了。
    • People look forward to enjoying the fruits of their labours during retirement.人們盼望退休後能享受勞動成果。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • manual
    • physical
    • back-breaking
    • …
    verb + labour/​labor
    • withdraw
    labour/​labor + noun
    • productivity
    • camp
    See full entry
    3.

    people who work勞動者

  3.  
     [uncountable] the people who work or are available for work in a country or company（統稱）勞工，工人；勞動力
    • forced/slave labour強迫/奴隸勞動
    • a shortage of labour勞動力的短缺
    • Companies are making huge profits by exploiting cheap labour in poor countries.公司通過剝削貧窮國家的廉價勞動力獲取巨額利潤。
    • There is a growing demand for skilled labour.對熟練勞動力的需求越來越大。
    • New labour laws make it more difficult for employers to sack workers.新勞動法使得僱主更難解僱工人。
    • good labour relations (= the relationship between workers and employers)良好的勞資關系
    see also child labour
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    • Employers are using immigrants as cheap labour.僱主正在把移民當作廉價勞動力使用。
    • Repairs involve skilled labour, which can be expensive.修理需要熟練技工，人工費會很昂貴。
    • tensions between the labour movement and government工人運動與政府之間的緊張關系
    Topics Working lifeb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • free
    • organized
    • wage
    • …
    labour/​labor + noun
    • force
    • market
    • pool
    • …
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    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；生産
    • in labour Jane was in labour for ten hours.簡分娩花了十個小時。
    • She went into labour early.她早産了。
    • labour pains分娩時的陣痛
    • It was a difficult labour.那次是難産。
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    • Older women tend to have more difficult labours.老年婦女往往有更困難的勞動。
    • She went into labour two weeks early.她提前兩周分娩。
    • The baby was born after a long labour.這個嬰兒經過很長時間的分娩才出生。
    • women at risk of preterm labour有早産危險的婦女
    • Labour was induced when the baby was ten days overdue.在嬰兒超過預産期 10 天以後進行了引産。
    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英國工黨
    • He always votes Labour.他老是投工黨的票。
    • Labour was/were in power for many years.工黨曾執政多年。
    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爲愛好而做的困難工作
    • Writing the book was a labour of love.寫這本書是一項熱愛的工作。

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奮鬥

  1. [intransitive] to try very hard to do something difficult努力做（困難的事）
    • labour (away) He was in his study labouring away over some old papers.他在書房裏潛心研究一些舊材料。
    • labour to do something They laboured for years to clear their son's name.他們爲洗刷兒子的罪名努力爭取了許多年。
    2.

    work hard努力工作

  2. [intransitive] to do hard physical work幹苦力活
    • We laboured all day in the fields.我們在田地裏辛勤勞動了一整天。
    • (old-fashioned) the labouring classes (= the working class)工人階級
    3.

    move with difficulty吃力地行進

  3. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to move with difficulty and effort困難吃力地行進 synonym struggle
    • The horses laboured up the steep slope.那些馬費力地爬上了陡坡。
    • With engine labouring, the car struggled up the hill.由於發動機運轉不靈，汽車艱難地向山上駛去。
    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一再重複，反複解釋（已說明的事）
    • I understand what you’re saying—there’s no need to labour the point.我理解你說的話——沒必要一再解釋了。

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