labor

['leibə]

n.工人, 劳工, 工作, 分娩, 劳力
v.苦干, 劳动, 致力于, 过分详尽阐述
adj.劳工的, 劳动的

n.

1. 劳动[U]

All wealth comes ultimately from human labor.

一切财富归根到底来源于人类的劳动。

2. 劳工, 劳方[U][G]

The country is short of skilled labor.

这个国家缺乏熟练工人。

3. 分娩, 阵痛[U]

The woman is in labor.

这位妇女在分娩。

4. 工作; 活计[C]

He is satisfied with your labors.

他对你干的活儿很满意。

5. (大写)(英国或英联邦国家的)工党

vi.

1. 劳动; 艰苦地干活

She labored ten years on that book.

那本书她足足写了十年。

He labored in the mines for 30 years.

他在矿场里辛勤工作了三十年。

2. 努力; 尽力争取[(+at/for/over)]

The editor labored over the manuscript till early morning.

编辑辛辛苦苦修改稿件直到清晨。

3. 费力地前进[Q]

The train labored up the hill.

火车艰难地驶上山坡。

4. (指引擎)缓慢而困难地运转

vt.

1. 过分详尽阐述

Don't labor the point; we all know what you mean.

这一点不用多讲了; 我们都知道你的意思。

2. 【古】耕作

a.

1. 劳工的; 工会的

2. (常大写)(英国或英联邦国家)工党的

词形变化

名词: laborer | 动词过去式: labored | 动词过去分词: labored | 动词现在分词: laboring | 动词第三人称单数: labors |

词义辨析

同义:

v.过分花费精力, 使疲劳

burden  overburden  tire  fatigue  fag  weary  exhaust

n.劳动, 职位, 生计

work  employment  job  occupation  living  livelihood

n.辛苦, 劳累

toil  travail  moil  drudgery  slavery  exertion  effort  strain  struggle  laboriousness  plodding  industry  industriousness  operoseness  diligence

n.工人, 劳动力, 雇员, 工人阶级

workers  laborers  workmen  hands  employees  proletariat

n.工作, 活计

job  task  chore  errand  duty  assignment  mission  business  affair  undertaking  enterprise

n.分娩, 阵痛

travail  contractions  throes  parturition  delivery  childbirth  birth

v.劳动, 苦干

work  toil  moil  drudge  overdo  overwork

v.麻烦

be in travail  undergo pain  suffer  give birth to  bear  deliver

v.前后颠簸, 纵摇

roll  pitch  heave  toss  turn

v.过于详尽地阐述

belabor  dwell on  overdo  elaborate  develop  expound on

n.劳动; 工作; 行业

work  industry  toil  travail  employment  effort  task  

同义参见:

endeavor  sweat  job  strive  slave  

反义:

vi.劳动; 努力

relax  rest  respite  

反义参见:

capital  

英英释义

名词 labor:

productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

同义词：labour, toil

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

同义词：labour, working class, proletariat

concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child

同义词：parturiency, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed

an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

同义词：labor movement, trade union movement

a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries

同义词：Labour Party, Labour, Labor Party

the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

同义词：Department of Labor, Labor Department, DoL

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

同义词：undertaking, project, task

动词 labor:

strive and make an effort to reach a goal

同义词：tug, labour, push, drive

work hard

同义词：labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil

undergo the efforts of childbirth

同义词：labour

短语词组

labor along

1. 费力地前行

The old man labored along, groaning in pain.

老人艰难地向前走, 痛得呻吟不已。

labor on

1. 继续工作

She labored on far into the night.

她一直做到深夜。

2. 艰难地前进

They labored on towards safety.

他们费力地走向安全地带。

labor under

1. 为……而苦恼

They labored under the disadvantage of not having enough money.

他们苦于得不到足够的资金。

补充

laborlabor英:[ˈleibə] 美:[ˈlebɚ]n.1.劳动,努力,工作,劳工,分娩,阵痛v.1.劳动,努力争取(for),苦干,详细分析,麻烦

例句

1. A day's labor should get the job done.一天应该可以干完这个活儿。 2. Getting the job done will require many hours of difficult labor.要完成这项工作需要长时间的艰难劳作。 3. menial/manual labor粗活；体力劳动 4. He rested from his labors.他停下工作休息。 5. Restoring the old car was a labor of love for him.亲手把那辆旧车恢复原貌对他而言是种享受。 6. "She worked hard for many years, but now she has retired and is able to enjoy the fruits of her labor/labors."她辛苦工作多年，现在退休了，终于可以享受自己的劳动果实了。 7. The cost of repairing the car includes parts and labor.修车费包括零件费用和人工费。 8. an area in which there is a shortage of cheap labor廉价劳动力缺乏的地区 9. a labor dispute劳资纠纷 10. The company sought to cut labor costs by increasing its efficiency.公司设法通过提高效率来减少劳动力成本。 11. The company has a history of poor labor relations. [=the workers and the managers of the company have had many disputes]这家公司的劳资关系一向很差。 12. the labor force [=the total number of people available for working]劳动力 13. The proposed new law is opposed by organized labor.新提议的法律遭到工会的反对。 14. She went into labor this morning.她今天早晨分娩了。 15. She has been in labor for several hours.她开始分娩已经好几个小时了。 16. She began to have/experience labor pains this morning.她今早开始出现/经历产前阵痛。 17. She had a difficult labor.她有过一次难产的经历。 18. a proposal that is opposed by Labour工党反对的一项提案 19. Workers labored in the vineyard.工人在葡萄园里劳作。 20. He labored for several years as a miner.他当了几年的矿工。 21. She has labored in vain to convince them to accept her proposal.她努力说服他们接受她的提议，最终是白费力气。 22. Both sides continue to labor [=struggle] to find a solution.双方继续努力寻求解决办法。 23. We should honor those who labored so long to make the truth known.我们应该敬重那些不懈努力揭露真相的人们。 24. The truck labored up the hill.那辆货车吃力地爬上小山。 25. I have been laboring through this book for months.几个月来我一直在吃力地读这本书。 26. She has a tendency to labor the obvious.她总爱过度强调明摆着的事。 27. "I don't want to labor [=belabor] the point, but I think I should mention again that we are running out of time."我不想过分重复，可我觉得还是应该再提一下，我们快没时间了。 28. He still labors under the delusion that other people value his opinion.他仍然妄想着其他人会看重他的意见。