英汉词典

labour 基本解释

• n. 劳动力，人工；分娩
• vi. 劳动；分娩；费力地前进

labour 词态变化

labour 英文词源

labour

labour: [13] Labour comes via Old French labour from Latin labor. This has been linked with the verb labāre ‘slip’, and if the two were related it would mean that the underlying etymological meaning of labour was something like ‘stumble under a burden’. Most of the modern European descendants of Latin labor have progressed from the broad sense ‘work, exertion’ to more specialized meanings – French labourer denotes ‘plough’, for instance, and Spanish labrar ‘plough, carve, embroider’, etc. English has retained it as a formal alternative to work, although the additional obstetric sense developed in the 16th century.

labour

chiefly British English spelling of labor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or. As short for "the British Labour Party" it is from 1906.

labour 词组搭配

labour 英文释义

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"

labour 双语例句

1. It was the uncommitted that Labour needed to reach.

工党需要拉拢的是未表态者。

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2. He's been a keen supporter of the Labour Party all his life.

他一生都是工党的热情拥护者。

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3. The Independent Labour Party was founded in Bradford on January 13, 1893.

独立工党1893年1月13日在布拉德福德成立。

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4. The Labour government has to date resisted all supplications.

到目前为止工党政府回绝了所有的请愿求情。

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5. He might decide that it is best to induce labour.

他也许决定最好引产。

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labour 实用场景例句

manual labour (= work using your hands)

体力劳动

牛津词典

The price will include the labour and materials.

此价格中包含人工费和材料费。

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The company wants to keep down labour costs .

公司想保持低劳动成本。

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The workers voted to withdraw their labour (= to stop work as a means of protest) .

工人投票决定罢工以示抗议。

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He was sentenced to two years in a labour camp (= a type of prison where people have to do hard physical work) .

他被判处两年劳改。

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He was so exhausted from the day's labours that he went straight to bed.

他工作了一天疲惫不堪，便直接上床休息了。

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a shortage of labour

劳动力的短缺

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Employers are using immigrants as cheap labour .

雇主正在把移民当作廉价劳动力使用。

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Repairs involve skilled labour , which can be expensive.

修理需要熟练技工，人工费会很昂贵。

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good labour relations (= the relationship between workers and employers)

良好的劳资关系

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Jane was in labour for ten hours.

简分娩花了十个小时。

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...the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting...

播种、种植和收割的辛勤劳作

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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。

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...peasants labouring in the fields...

在地里劳作的农民

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Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years.

她丈夫在厂里辛勤工作了17年。

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For twenty-five years now he has laboured to build a religious community.

他呕心沥血地建立一个宗教社区，至今已有25个年头。

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...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

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Latin America lacked skilled labour...

拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。

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...the struggle between capital and labour...

劳资斗争

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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。

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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。

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He believes that, historically, Labour has been most successful as the party that helped people get on in life...

他相信一直以来工党在帮助人民改善生活方面表现最为出色。

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They all vote Labour.

他们都投工党的票。

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...a Labour MP...

工党下院议员

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Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented.

数以百万计的工党支持者没有议员代表。

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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。

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You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions.

你似乎存在相当大的误解。

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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。

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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。

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Some women prefer to move about during labour.

有些女人喜欢在分娩期间下床走动。

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