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
BNC.17075 / COCA.1123
柯林斯词典
- → see:labour
英英释义
noun
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- his labor did not require a great deal of skill
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- he prepared for great undertakings
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy
- she was in labor for six hours
verb
- undergo the efforts of childbirth
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- She tugged for years to make a decent living
- We have to push a little to make the deadline!
- She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
- work hard
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
双语例句
- 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。 - This can reduce the duplication of investment, time, and labor.
这能减少资金投入、时间和劳动的重复。 - The British Labor Party concludes its annual conference today in Brighton.
英国工党的年度会议今天在布赖顿闭幕。 - We've got stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.
我们拥有稳定的劳力、不断降低的利率以及低廉的石油价格。 - 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。 - 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。 - Actors go through the motions of different types of labor.
演员们假装从事不同的劳动。 - The labor party went out in1980.
工党于1980年下野。 - 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。 - It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action.
此次罢工影响几何，难以作出准确的评估。