labour

noun

1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

e.g. his labor did not require a great deal of skill

Synonym: labortoil

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

e.g. there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field

Synonym: laborworking classproletariat

3. concluding state of pregnancy
from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

e.g. she was in labor for six hours

Synonym: parturiencylaborconfinementlying-intravailchildbed

verb

1. undergo the efforts of childbirth

Synonym: labor

2. strive and make an effort to reach a goal

e.g. 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

Synonym: tuglaborpushdrive

3. work hard

e.g. She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long

Synonym: labortoilfagtravailgrinddrudgedigmoil

1. （辛苦的）劳动，劳作；（通常指）体力劳动
Labour is very hard work, usually physical work.

e.g. ...the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting...
播种、种植和收割的辛勤劳作
e.g. The chef at the barbecue looked up from his labours; he was sweating.
正在烧烤台上忙活的厨师抬起头来；他的脸上直冒汗。

2. （用手）劳动
Someone who labours works hard using their hands.

e.g. ...peasants labouring in the fields...
在地里劳作的农民
e.g. Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years.
她丈夫在厂里辛勤工作了17年。

3. 艰苦地做；吃力地做
If you labour to do something, you do it with difficulty.

labour什么意思

e.g. For twenty-five years now he has laboured to build a religious community.
他呕心沥血地建立一个宗教社区，至今已有25个年头。
e.g. ...a young man who's labouring under all kinds of other difficulties.
在其他各种困难下艰苦工作的小伙子

4. （总称）劳工，工人
Labour is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group.

labour是什么意思

e.g. Latin America lacked skilled labour...
拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。
e.g. ...the struggle between capital and labour...
劳资斗争

5. 劳动成果
The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as their labour .

e.g. Every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour...
每个人的劳动成果都应该获得合理的回报。
e.g. The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour — they have no power.
失业者没法罢工——他们没有这种实力。

6. （英国）工党
In Britain, people use Labour to refer to the Labour Party.

e.g. He believes that, historically, Labour has been most successful as the party that helped people get on in life...
他相信一直以来工党在帮助人民改善生活方面表现最为出色。
e.g. They all vote Labour.
他们都投工党的票。

7. 工党的；支持工党的
A Labour politician or voter is a member of a Labour Party or votes for a Labour Party.

e.g. ...a Labour MP...
工党下院议员
e.g. Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented.
数以百万计的工党支持者没有议员代表。

8. 误以为；为…所蒙蔽
If you labour under a delusion or misapprehension, you continue to believe something which is not true.

e.g. She laboured under the illusion that I knew what I was doing...
她有一个错觉，以为我知道自己在做什么。
e.g. You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions.
你似乎存在相当大的误解。

9. 一再重申；反复说明
If you labour a point or an argument, you keep making the same point or saying the same thing, although it is unnecessary.

labour的近义词

e.g. I don't want to labour the point but there it is.
我不想反复重申，但还是不得不说。

10. 分娩；临盆
Labour is the last stage of pregnancy, in which the baby is gradually pushed out of the womb by the mother.

e.g. 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。
e.g. Some women prefer to move about during labour.
有些女人喜欢在分娩期间下床走动。

1. 劳工：生产要素,顾而这之,是生产时候所需要的原素,主要有要四类,分别是土地(Land)、劳工(Labour)、资本(Capital)和企业家职能(Entreperneurship). 土地是指自然资源,劳工代表人力资源、资本是人造资源,而企业家职能则是企业中最重要的责任,

2. 劳动力：它直接有助于产品以合理价格迅速销出(distribution),在稳定国内市场(home market)的同时,使产品能以有竞争力(competitive)的价格出口进入国际市场;它给人以新的消费观,从而大大地提高人们的生活标准;它增加了市场需求(demand),扩大了劳动力(labour)市场,有效地扩大了

3. 工党：周二民调显示,保守党民调支持率达37%,工党(Labour)支持率29%,自由民主党(Liberal Democrats)为26%. ComRes指出,保守党将取得264席,距离成为多数党还缺32个席次. 大选结果明确后应当会降低政治不确定性,并降低风险溢价,