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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

英英释义

noun

verb

  • undergo the efforts of childbirth
      Synonym:labour
    1. 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
    2. work hard
      1. She was digging away at her math homework
      2. Lexicographers drudge all day long
      Synonym:labourtoilfagtravailgrinddrudgedigmoil

    双语例句

    • Most manual labor in the past has been replaced by modern machines.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。
    • 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。
    • Each box requires no more than a few hours of labor to build
      做成一个盒子不超过几个小时。
    • Actors go through the motions of different types of labor.
      演员们假装从事不同的劳动。
    • Land, labor and capital are all productive of wealth.
      土地、劳动和资本都能创造财富。
    • 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。
    • He is a consultant on labor affairs to the mayor.
      他是市长的一个劳工顾问。
    • They also hammered away at Labor's plans to raise taxes.
      他们还不断谈到工党的增税计划。
    • This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.
      这一集体谈判原则已经成为该国劳动关系的重要基础。
    • The invention of all those machines by which labour is so much facilitated and abridged, seems to have been originally owing to the division of labor.
      简化劳动和节省劳动的那些机械的发明,看来也是起因于分工。