labor
英 [ˈleɪbə]
美 [ˈleɪbər]
n. 劳动,努力;工作; 劳工,工人; 分娩,(分娩时的)阵痛
vi. 努力争取(for); 苦干; 详细分析(指引擎)缓慢而困难地运转
复数:labors 现在分词:laboring 过去式:labored 第三人称单数:labors 过去分词:labored
BNC.17075 / COCA.1123
柯林斯词典
- → see:labour
英英释义
noun
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- his labor did not require a great deal of skill
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- he prepared for great undertakings
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy
- she was in labor for six hours
verb
- undergo the efforts of childbirth
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- 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
- work hard
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
双语例句
- The Labor Department figures underscore the shaky state of the economic recovery
劳工部的数据进一步印证了经济复苏状况的不稳定。 - The current division of labor between workers and management will alter.
当前工人与管理部门的分工将会改变。 - The signs of labor are contractions and rupture of membranes.
分娩的症状是宫缩和羊膜破裂。 - Land, labor and capital are all productive of wealth.
土地、劳动和资本都能创造财富。 - We have to balance good labor relations against the need to cut costs.
我们要在搞好劳资关系与削减开支之间保持平衡。 - He earns a living by casual labor.
他靠做临时工为生。 - Labor productivity is calculated by added value at current price.
社会劳动生产率按现价增加值计算。 - It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action.
此次罢工影响几何,难以作出准确的评估。 - The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday
因庆祝劳工节,这个交易日交易时间缩短了。 - Each box requires no more than a few hours of labor to build
做成一个盒子不超过几个小时。