labour
labour
英[ˈleɪbə(r)]美[ˈleɪbər]
n.劳动，工作，分娩，英国工*；
v.努力做，劳动，艰苦地做，吃力前行；
第三人称单数：labours;
过去式：laboured;
过去分词：laboured;
现在分词：labouring;
例句
When the Labour party candidate didn’t win the election, he cried foul and demanded a recount.工*候选人没有赢得选举,他声称有舞弊行为,要求重新计票。
The prisoners who had missed from the place of reform through labour were picked up within 24 hours.从劳改场所逃走的囚犯在24小时之内被捉到了。
It's nearly two months since Labour Government went out.工**府下台将近两个月了。
As neither management nor labour would give in, the union organized a strike.由于劳资双方互不让步, 工会组织了一次罢工。
He forced his thralls into hard labour.他逼迫他的奴隶们干苦役。
the labour of the savant or speculative thinker学者或思想家的劳动
seasonal fluctuations in the demand for labour劳动力需求的季节性波动
Enterprise must have a reservoir of cheap labour.企业应储备廉价的劳动力。
The Labour Party repealed the Act.工*废除了那项法令。
The judge sentenced him to do hard labour.法官判他服劳役。
英语六级真题
Patrick Belser, an International Labour Organization specialist says declining wage rates are linked to the levels of unemployment.
出自-2016年6月听力原文Now Fred, you went to university in Canada?( ' , 9 ) A recent International Labour Organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extent of an economic recovery, especially if government rescue packages are phased out too early.
出自-2016年6月听力原文MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the 118 power to regulate for plain packaging.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文But that isn't why the government—under pressure from cancer charities, health workers and the Labour party—has agreed to legislate for standardised packaging.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文That may be because they have had plenty of younger ones to choose from, partly thanks to the post-war baby-boom and partly because over the past few decades many more women have entered the labour force, increasing employers' choice.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文In many countries immigrants have been filling such gaps in the labour force as have already emerged (and remember that the real shortage is still around ten years off)
出自-2010年12月阅读原文But over the next few decades labour forces in rich countries are set to shrink so much that inflows of immigrants would have to increase enormously to compensate: to at least twice their current size in western Europe's most youthful countries, and three times in the older ones.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文To compensate for the fast-shrinking labour force, Japan would need large numbers of immigrants from overseas
出自-2010年12月阅读原文A recent International Labour Organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extent of an economic recovery, especially if government rescue packages are phased out too early.
2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section BInternational Labour Organization economists say some nations have come up with policies to lessen the impact of lower wages during the economic crisis.
2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section BMPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the power to regulate for plain packaging.
2016年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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（辛苦的）劳动，劳作；（通常指）体力劳动
Labour is very hard work, usually physical work.
例句
...the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting...播种、种植和收割的辛勤劳作The chef at the barbecue looked up from his labours; he was sweating.正在烧烤台上忙活的厨师抬起头来；他的脸上直冒汗。VERB
（用手）劳动
Someone who labours works hard using their hands.
例句
...peasants labouring in the fields...在地里劳作的农民Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years.她丈夫在厂里辛勤工作了17年。VERB
艰苦地做；吃力地做
If you labour to do something, you do it with difficulty.
例句
For twenty-five years now he has laboured to build a religious community.他呕心沥血地建立一个**社区，至今已有25个年头。...a young man who's labouring under all kinds of other difficulties.在其他各种困难下艰苦工作的小伙子N-UNCOUNT
（总称）劳工，工人
Labour is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group.
例句
Latin America lacked skilled labour...拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。...the struggle between capital and labour...劳资斗争N-UNCOUNT
劳动成果
The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as their labour .
例句
Every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour...每个人的劳动成果都应该获得合理的回报。The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour — they have no power.失业者没法罢工——他们没有这种实力。N-PROPER-COLL
（英国）工*
In Britain, people use Labour to refer to the Labour Party.
例句
He believes that, historically, Labour has been most successful as the party that helped people get on in life...他相信一直以来工*在帮助人民改善生活方面表现*为出色。They all vote Labour.他们都投工*的票。ADJ
工*的；支持工*的
A Labour politician or voter is a member of a Labour Party or votes for a Labour Party.
例句
...a Labour MP...工*下院议员Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented.数以百万计的工*支持者没有议员代表。VERB
误以为；为…所蒙蔽
If you labour under a delusion or misapprehension, you continue to believe something which is not true.
例句
She laboured under the illusion that I knew what I was doing...她有一个错觉，以为我知道自己在做什么。You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions.你似乎存在相当大的误解。VERB
一再重申；反复说明
If you labour a point or an argument, you keep making the same point or saying the same thing, although it is unnecessary.
例句
I don't want to labour the point but there it is.我不想反复重申，但还是不得不说。N-UNCOUNT
分娩；临盆
Labour is the last stage of pregnancy, in which the baby is gradually pushed out of the womb by the mother.
例句
I thought the pains meant I was going into labour.我还以为这些疼痛意味着我要生了呢。Some women prefer to move about during labour.有些女人喜欢在分娩期间下床走动。英汉词典释义
n.
劳动, 努力; 工作
They live by honest labour.他们靠正当劳动生活。This education aimed at combining brain work with manual labour.此项教育的目的在于实现脑力劳动与体力劳动相结合。We should try to reform criminals through labour rather than punish them.我们应该尽量通过劳动改造罪犯, 而不是惩罚他们。We regard labour as a matter of honour.我们认为劳动是光荣的事。劳工, 工人
Farm labour used to hire themselves out for the summer.农业工人过去经常整个夏天在外面打工。分娩, (分娩时的)阵痛
His wife is in labour.他的夫人正在分娩。She was in labour for two hours before her baby was finally born.她分娩了两个小时, 才生下婴儿。She went into labour two weeks early.她提前两周分娩了。任务；（一段时间的）工作；
英国工*
vi.
劳动; 努力
The boy laboured quietly.这个男孩静静地干着。I laboured to understand him.我努力了解他的意思。They have laboured to complete the job.他们努力完成这一工作。We laboured hard to finish our job ahead of schedule.我们努力工作, 以期把活儿提前干完。艰难行进
They laboured along the bad road.他们在那条难走的路上艰难地行进。英英词典释义
Noun
1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages;
"there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"2. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child;
"she was in labor for six hours"3. productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
"his labor did not require a great deal of skill"Verb
1. work hard;
"She was digging away at her math homework""Lexicographers drudge all day long"2. strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
"She tugged for years to make a decent living""We have to push a little to make the deadline!""She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"3. undergo the efforts of childbirth
行业词典
法律： 劳动；劳动力；劳动者；劳动保险；劳动保护；
