labour

['leibə]

n.劳动, 劳工, 分娩
v.努力, 干苦力活, 困难吃力地行进
Labour
n.(英国)工党

词形变化

过去式：laboured

过去分词：laboured

现在进行时：labouring

词义辨析

同义参见:

diligence  delivery  

反义参见:

sport  leisure  

英英释义

名词 labour:

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

同义词：labor, working class, proletariat

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

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

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, Labor Party, Labor

productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

同义词：labor, toil

动词 labour:

work hard

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

strive and make an effort to reach a goal

同义词：tug, labor, push, drive

undergo the efforts of childbirth

同义词：labor

补充

labourlabour英:[ˈleibə] 美:[ˈlebɚ]n.1.劳动, 努力; 工作They live by honest labour.他们靠正当劳动生活。This education aimed at combining brain work with manual labour.此项教育的目的在于实现脑力劳动与体力劳动相结合。We should try to reform criminals through labour rather than punish them.我们应该尽量通过劳动改造罪犯, 而不是惩罚他们。We regard labour as a matter of honour.我们认为劳动是光荣的事。2.劳工, 工人Farm labour used to hire themselves out for the summer.农业工人过去经常整个夏天在外面打工。3.分娩, (分娩时的)阵痛His wife is in labour.他的夫人正在分娩。She was in labour for two hours before her baby was finally born.她分娩了两个小时, 才生下婴儿。She went into labour two weeks early.她提前两周分娩了。vi.1.劳动; 努力The boy laboured quietly.这个男孩静静地干着。I laboured to understand him.我努力了解他的意思。They have laboured to complete the job.他们努力完成这一工作。We laboured hard to finish our job ahead of schedule.我们努力工作, 以期把活儿提前干完。2.艰难行进They laboured along the bad road.他们在那条难走的路上艰难地行进。

例句

1. a labour dispute劳资纠纷 2. labour pains分娩阵痛 3. Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years.她丈夫在这家工厂干了17年。 4. For 25 years now he has laboured to build a religious community.25年来, 他一直在努力建立一个宗教社区。 5. a young man who's labouring under all kinds of other difficulties一个承受着各种其他困难的年轻人 6. Both authors labour under the strange delusion that the world is run by feminists.两位作者都有种奇怪的错觉, 认为世界是由女权主义者掌控的。 7. I don't want to labour the point but there it is.我不想多说, 但事情就摆在那里。 8. Every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour.每个人都应该以劳动成果获得合理的回报。 9. They are threatening a withdrawal of labour.他们威胁要罢工。 10. Latin America lacked skilled labour.拉丁美洲缺少技术熟练的工人。 11. They were cheap labour.他们是廉价劳动力。 12. the culmination of fifteen months' labour15个月辛苦劳作的最终成果 13. the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting播种、栽培及收获的活计 14. I thought the pains meant I was going into labour.我还以为这些疼痛意味着我要生了呢。 15. He usually saw women in labour only when there were problems.通常只有在产妇难产时, 他才去查看。 16. Some women prefer to move about during labour.有些女人喜欢在分娩期间下床走动。 17. Writing this book has been a great pleasure, a true labour of love.写这本书是一大快事, 真是累并开心着。 18. They labour assiduously for the benefit of future generations.他们为造福于后代而勤奋地劳动。 19. to labour for the peace of the world为争取世界和平而努力 20. to labour at a mathematical problem努力解决一道数学题 21. The couple have been labouring under housing difficulties for several years.这对夫妇几年来一直为住房困难所困扰。 22. The climbers laboured up the hillside.爬山者吃力地缓缓爬上山坡。 23. The passengerliner laboured in the ruffled sea.客轮在波浪翻滚的海面上颠簸。 24. There's no need for the manager to labour the point.经理没必要对这一点啰唆。 25. They seldom labour their wits on thankless task.他们很少为吃力不讨好的工作动脑筋。 26. Don't labour me with trifles.别拿琐事烦我。 27. the price of repairs includes labour, parts, and VAT.维修费包括人工、零件和增值税。 28. manual labour.体力劳动。 29. non-union casual labour.非工会的临时工人。 30. [as modifier]the labour movement.工人运动。 31. the post of labour Secretary.劳工部部长的职位。 32. a woman in labour.产妇。 33. the labour leader.工党领袖。 34. they laboured from dawn to dusk in two shifts.他们分两班从黎明苦干到黄昏。 35. it now looks as if the reformers had laboured in vain.现在看来改革者的努力似乎白费了。 36. he was eking out an existence by labouring.他做体力活来维持生存。 37. [as adj. labouring]the labouring classes.劳动阶层。 38. the land belonged to him who laboured it.耕者有其田。 39. Coleraine laboured against confident opponents.科勒莱恩吃力地招架着自信的对手。 40. the wheels churned, the engine labouring.轮子剧烈摇动，发动机费力地大声运转着。 41. they laboured up a steep, tortuous track.他们顺着陡峭、曲折的小路费力地前进。 42. you've been labouring under a bit of a misapprehension.你被一点点误会蒙蔽了。 43. manual labour (= work using your hands)体力劳动 44. There is a shortage of skilled labour.熟练工人短缺。 45. She laboured on her book for two years.她这本书花去了两年的心血。