labour
n. 勞動,工作; 分娩; 英國工黨
v. 努力做; 勞動; 艱苦地做; 吃力前行
Labour is very hard work, usually physical work.
...the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting...
播種、種植和收割的辛勤勞作
The chef at the barbecue looked up from his labours; he was sweating.
正在燒烤臺上忙活的廚師抬起頭來;他的臉上直冒汗。
Someone who labours works hard using their hands.
...peasants labouring in the fields...
在地裡勞作的農民
Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years.
她丈夫在廠裡辛勤工作了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.
他嘔心瀝血地建立一個宗教社羣,至今已有25個年頭。
...a young man who's labouring under all kinds of other difficulties.
在其他各種困難下艱苦工作的小夥子
Labour is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group.
Latin America lacked skilled labour...
拉丁美洲缺乏熟練工人。
...the struggle between capital and labour...
勞資鬥爭
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...
每個人的勞動成果都應該獲得合理的回報。
The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour — they have no power.
失業者沒法罷工——他們沒有這種實力。
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...
他相信一直以來工黨在幫助人民改善生活方面表現最為出色。
They all vote Labour.
他們都投工黨的票。
A Labour politician or voter is a member of a Labour Party or votes for a Labour Party.
...a Labour MP...
工黨下院議員
Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented.
數以百萬計的工黨支持者沒有議員代表。
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...
她有一個錯覺,以為我知道自己在做什麼。
You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions.
你似乎存在相當大的誤解。
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.
我不想反覆重申,但還是不得不說。
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.
我還以為這些疼痛意味著我要生了呢。
Some women prefer to move about during labour.
有些女人喜歡在分娩期間下床走動。
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
見 Hercules
a labour of love
心甘情願做的工作
labour the point
不厭其煩地解釋(或討論)
labour under
費力地搬(重物)
被(錯誤想法)矇蔽(或誤導)
Some people disdain labour.
有些人輕視勞動.
He earns a living by casual labour.
他靠做臨時工為生.
Labour is doing what we must.
勞動就是做必需做的事.
The sentence was two years'hard labour suspended for a year.
判處強勞兩年,緩期執行一年.
The dam must be closed before the rainy season sets in, or all our labour will be lost.
大壩一定要在雨季開始以前合攏, 否則就會前功盡棄.