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
- Actors go through the motions of different types of labor.
演员们假装从事不同的劳动。 - Next to the expense of cashiers, pricing items is one of the costliest labor costs of grocery retailers.
对食品杂货零售商来说，给货物贴价签也是劳动力成本中最为昂贵的一个部分，仅次于雇佣收银员的费用。 - We observe a striking shift away from a labor theory among all mainline economists
我们发现在主流经济学家中间出现了一种偏离劳动理论的显著变化。 - We've got stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.
我们拥有稳定的劳力、不断降低的利率以及低廉的石油价格。 - This can reduce the duplication of investment, time, and labor.
这能减少资金投入、时间和劳动的重复。 - He is a consultant on labor affairs to the mayor.
他是市长的一个劳工顾问。 - 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。 - Labor economist Harley Shaekin argues the cost needs to be viewed in perspective
工党经济学家哈利·谢金认为要客观看待成本。 - He earns a living by casual labor.
他靠做临时工为生。 - Most manual labor in the past has been replaced by modern machines.
昔日大部分手工劳动已由现代化的机器所代替。