新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

labourIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈleɪbə]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

1. [U 不可数名词] 劳动
Labour is very hard work, usually physical work.
双语例句
例：
the labour of hauling the rocks away.
拖走这些岩石的劳动。
2. [U 不可数名词] （总称）劳工
Labour is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group.
双语例句
例：
We have a problem of skilled labour.
我们缺少熟练工。
例：
Employers want cheap labour and consumers want cheap houses.
雇主需要廉价的劳动力，消费者需要便宜的房子。
例：
Immigrants arrived in the 1950s to deal with Britain's postwar labour shortages.
移民们在20世纪50年代来到英国，以解决该国战后劳动力短缺的问题。
3. [U 不可数名词] 工作
The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as their labour.
双语例句
例：
He exhibits a profound humility in the low rates he pays himself for his labour.
他给自己的工作支付很低的工资，展现了极度的谦虚。
4. [U 不可数名词] 分娩
Labour is the last stage of pregnancy, in which the baby is gradually pushed out of the womb by the mother.
双语例句
例：
Her labour had lasted ten hours before the doctor arranged a Cesarean section.
她的分娩持续了10个小时后，医生才给她安排了剖腹产手术。

VERB. 动词

labours , labouring , laboured
1. [I 不及物动词] 艰苦劳动
Someone who labours works hard using their hands.
双语例句
例：
He will be labouring 14 hundred metres below ground.
他将在地下1400米处干苦活。
2. [I 不及物动词] 艰难地工作
If you labour to do something, you do it with difficulty.
近义词
struggle
双语例句
例：
Scientists laboured for months to unravel the mysteries of Neptune and still remain baffled.
科学家们为揭开海王星之谜艰难地工作了数月，但依然迷惑不解。
例：
We're labouring under an unfair disadvantage.
我们在不公平的劣势下艰难地工作。

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