新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

labour

英  [ˈleɪbə]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    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。