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labor

noun
 
(US English)
(British English labour)
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  1.  
     [uncountable] work, especially physical work劳动；（尤指）体力劳动
    • manual labor (= work using your hands)身体劳动
    • The price will include the labor and materials.价格将包括人工和材料。
    • The company wants to keep down labor costs.公司想降低人工成本。
    • The workers voted to withdraw their labor (= to stop work as a means of protest).工人投票决定撤回他们的劳动。
    • a fair division of labor between men and women男女之间的公平分工
    see also day laborTopics Businessb2
  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 labors that he went straight to bed.一天的工作让他筋疲力尽，他直接上床睡觉了。
    • People look forward to enjoying the fruits of their labors during retirement.人们期待在退休期间享受他们的劳动成果。
  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
    • child/forced/slave labor童工/强迫劳动/奴隶劳动
    • a shortage of labor劳工短缺
    • Companies are making huge profits by exploiting cheap labor 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 labor.对熟练劳动力的需求越来越大。
    • New labor 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 labor relations (= the relationship between workers and employers)良好的劳资关系
    Topics Working lifeb2
  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 labor Jane was in labor for ten hours.简分娩了十个小时。
    • She went into labor early.她很早就分娩了。
    • labor pains产前阵痛
    • It was a difficult labor.这是一项艰难的工作。
    Topics Life stagesc2
Idioms
a labor 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 labor of love.写这本书是一项热爱的工作。

labor

verb
/ˈleɪbə(r)/
/ˈleɪbər/
(US English)
(British English labour)
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    struggle搏斗

  1. [intransitive] to try very hard to do something difficult努力做（困难的事）
    • labor (away) He was in his study laboring away over some old papers.他在书房里埋头苦读一些旧文件。
    • labor to do something They labored for years to clear their son's name.他们多年来努力为儿子正名。
    2.

    work hard勤奋

  2. [intransitive] to do hard physical work干苦力活
    • We labored all day in the fields.我们在田里劳动了一整天。
    • (old-fashioned) the laboring classes (= the working class)劳动阶级
    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 (2)
    • The horses labored up the steep slope.马匹吃力地爬上陡坡。
    • With the engine laboring, the car struggled up the hill.随着发动机的运转，汽车艰难地向山上驶去。
Idioms
labor 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 labor the point.我明白你在说什么——没必要强词夺理。

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