labour
n. 劳动,工作; 分娩; 英国工党
v. 努力做; 劳动; 艰苦地做; 吃力前行
Labour is very hard work, usually physical work.
...the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting...
播种、种植和收割的辛勤劳作
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。
Someone who labours works hard using their hands.
...peasants labouring in the fields...
在地里劳作的农民
Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years.
她丈夫在厂里辛勤工作了17年。
If you labour to do something, you do it with difficulty.
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。
...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
Labour is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group.
Latin America lacked skilled labour...
拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。
...the struggle between capital and labour...
劳资斗争
The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as their labour .
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。
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。
In Britain, people use Labour to refer to the Labour Party.
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。
They all vote Labour.
他们都投工党的票。
A Labour politician or voter is a member of a Labour Party or votes for a Labour Party.
...a Labour MP...
工党下院议员
Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented.
数以百万计的工党支持者没有议员代表。
If you labour under a delusion or misapprehension, you continue to believe something which is not true.
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。
You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions.
你似乎存在相当大的误解。
If you labour a point or an argument, you keep making the same point or saying the same thing, although it is unnecessary.
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。
Labour is the last stage of pregnancy, in which the baby is gradually pushed out of the womb by the mother.
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。
Some women prefer to move about during labour.
有些女人喜欢在分娩期间下床走动。
1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages;
2. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child;
3. productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
1. work hard;
2. strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
3. undergo the efforts of childbirth
a labour of Hercules
见 Hercules
a labour of love
心甘情愿做的工作
labour the point
不厌其烦地解释(或讨论)
labour under
费力地搬(重物)
被(错误想法)蒙蔽(或误导)
Some people disdain labour.
有些人轻视劳动.
He earns a living by casual labour.
他靠做临时工为生.
Labour is doing what we must.
劳动就是做必需做的事.
The sentence was two years'hard labour suspended for a year.
判处强劳两年,缓期执行一年.
The dam must be closed before the rainy season sets in, or all our labour will be lost.
大坝一定要在雨季开始以前合拢, 否则就会前功尽弃.