labor

英 [ˈleɪbə]

美 [ˈleɪbər]

n.  劳动，努力；工作; 劳工，工人; 分娩，（分娩时的）阵痛
vi.  努力争取(for); 苦干; 详细分析（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转

复数：labors　现在分词：laboring　过去式：labored　第三人称单数：labors　过去分词：labored　

考研BEC

BNC.17075 / COCA.1123

柯林斯词典

• → see:labour

英英释义

noun

• productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
  1. his labor did not require a great deal of skill
  Synonym:labourtoil
• any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  1. he prepared for great undertakings
  Synonym:undertakingprojecttask
• a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
  1. there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
  Synonym:labourworking classproletariat
• an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
  Synonym:labor movementtrade union movement
• concluding state of pregnancy
  1. she was in labor for six hours
  Synonym:parturiencylabourconfinementlying-intravailchildbed

verb

• undergo the efforts of childbirth
  Synonym:labour
• strive and make an effort to reach a goal
  1. She tugged for years to make a decent living
  2. We have to push a little to make the deadline!
  3. She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
  Synonym:tuglabourpushdrive
• work hard
  1. She was digging away at her math homework
  2. Lexicographers drudge all day long
  Synonym:labourtoilfagtravailgrinddrudgedigmoil

双语例句

• Actors go through the motions of different types of labor.
  演员们假装从事不同的劳动。
• We have to balance good labor relations against the need to cut costs.
  我们要在搞好劳资关系与削减开支之间保持平衡。
• Labor economist Harley Shaekin argues the cost needs to be viewed in perspective
  工党经济学家哈利·谢金认为要客观看待成本。
• The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.
  政府撤销了她丈夫管理外来打工人群的许可证。
• The Labor government of Western Australia has an election due next spring
  西澳大利亚工党政府明年春天要举行选举。
• Next to the expense of cashiers, pricing items is one of the costliest labor costs of grocery retailers.
  对食品杂货零售商来说，给货物贴价签也是劳动力成本中最为昂贵的一个部分，仅次于雇佣收银员的费用。
• The current division of labor between workers and management will alter.
  当前工人与管理部门的分工将会改变。
• The Labor Department figures underscore the shaky state of the economic recovery
  劳工部的数据进一步印证了经济复苏状况的不稳定。
• The company says it is in full compliance with US labor laws
  这家公司说自己严格遵守美国的各项劳工法。
• Most manual labor in the past has been replaced by modern machines.
  昔日大部分手工劳动已由现代化的机器所代替。