Labour
noun
noun
verb
ˈleɪbə
noun
1
the
British
LABOUR
PARTY
〔英国〕工党
under
Labour
Most
people
will
pay
higher
taxes
under
Labour.
工党执政时，大多数人都要缴纳更高的税款。
They
always
vote
Labour
.
他们总是投工党的票。
a
Labour
government
工党政府
Labour
MP/candidate
noun
2
WORK
工作
work,
especially
physical
work
劳动; 〔尤指〕体力劳动
U
The
garage
charges
£30
an
hour
for
labour.
汽车修理厂收取每小时 30 英镑的人工费。
Many
women
do
hard
manual
labour
(=work
with
their
hands)
.
许多妇女从事繁重的体力劳动。
Workers
withdrew
their
labour
(=protested
by
stopping
work)
for
twenty-four
hours.
工人罢工 24 小时。
3
WORKERS
劳动者
all
the
people
who
work
for
a
company
or
in
a
country
劳工，工人; 劳动力
U
4
BABY
婴儿
the
process
of
giving
birth
to
a
baby
分娩; 产程
singular 单数, U
in
labour
Meg
was
in
labour
for
ten
hours.
梅格分娩了十小时。
Diane
went
into
labour
at
2
o’clock.
黛安两点钟开始分娩。
a
long/short/difficult
labour
The
labour
pains
were
unbearable.
分娩时的阵痛难以忍受。
labour
ward/room
5
a labour of love
something
that
is
hard
work
but
that
you
do
because
you
want
to
心甘情愿所做的苦工
6
sb’s labours
a
period
of
hard
work
[正式] 某人的辛勤劳动
formal
After
several
hours
gardening
we
sat
down
to
admire
the
results
of
our
labours.
在花园里干了几个小时以后，我们坐下来欣赏劳动成果。
verb
7
to
work
hard
辛勤工作; 努力
They
laboured
all
day
in
the
mills.
他们一整天都在磨坊里辛勤工作。
[+
over
]
I’ve
been
labouring
over
this
report
all
morning.
整个上午我都在埋头写这份报告。
labour
to
do
sth
Ray
had
little
talent
but
labored
to
acquire
the
skills
of
a
writer.
雷伊没有什么天赋，但是他努力掌握一名作家应具备的技能。
8
labour under a delusion/misconception/misapprehension etc
to
believe
something
that
is
not
true
产生错觉，误解
She
had
laboured
under
the
misconception
that
Bella
liked
her.
她曾有这样的错觉，以为贝拉喜欢她。
9
labour the point
to
describe
or
explain
something
in
too
much
detail
or
when
people
have
already
understood
it
一再详述，反复解释
10
to
move
slowly
and
with
difficulty
费力地行进
always + adv/prep
I
could
see
the
bus
labouring
up
the
steep,
windy
road.
我看到巴士沿着当风的陡坡艰难爬行。