labour 的英语意思
labourlabour1 British English, labor American English AWL noun 
查看全部语言翻译1work [uncountable] work, especially physical work劳动，尤指体力劳动: 
The garage charges £30 an hour for labour.这家修车行每小时收取30英镑的工时费。 Many women do hard manual labour (=work with their hands).许多妇女从事繁重的体力劳动（=用双手干活）。 Workers withdrew their labour (=protested by stopping work) for twenty-four hours.工人们撤回劳动（=以停工方式抗议）长达二十四小时。 → hard labour2workers [uncountable] all the people who work for a company or in a country在某公司或某国工作的全体人员: a shortage of skilled labor技术劳动力短缺 We need to reduce our labour costs.我们需要降低劳动力成本。3baby [singular, uncountable] the process of giving birth to a baby分娩过程in labour Meg was in labour for ten hours.梅格分娩历时十个小时。 Diane went into labour at 2 o'clock.黛安在两点钟开始分娩。a long/short/difficult labour The labour pains were unbearable.分娩阵痛令人难以忍受。labour ward/room (=a room in a hospital where women give birth)（=医院中供妇女分娩的产房）4a labour of love something that is hard work but that you do because you want to费力却出于自愿而做的事5somebody’s labours formal正式 a period of hard work一段艰辛劳动的时间: After several hours' gardening, we sat down to admire the results of our labours.园艺劳作几个小时后，我们坐下来欣赏劳动的成果。COLLOCATIONS词语搭配– Meaning 2– 释义 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + labour形容词/名词 + labourskilled/unskilled labour· Employers want to keep skilled labour because of the cost of training.· 雇主因培训成本高昂而希望留住熟练劳动力。cheap labour (=workers who have low wages)· Women and children were used as cheap labour.· 妇女和儿童被当作廉价劳动力使用。casual labour (=workers who do jobs that are not permanent)· The industry makes use of a large supply of casual labour.· 该行业大量使用临时劳动力。child labour· The shoe company was accused of using child labour in its factory.· 这家制鞋公司被指控在工厂使用童工。slave labour· Cotton was grown using slave labor.· 棉花是用奴隶劳动种植的。labour + NOUNlabour + 名词the labour force (=all the people who work in a country or for a company)· We need an educated labour force.· 我们需要一支受过良好教育的劳动力队伍。the labour supply (=all the people available to work)· What was the effect of the war on the labour supply?· 战争对劳动力供给有何影响？the labour market (=the people looking for work and the jobs available)· the percentage of women in the labour market· 劳动力市场中女性所占的比例a labour shortage· Immigrants came into the country to fill the labour shortage.· 移民进入该国以填补劳动力缺口。labour costs· There was pressure to keep down labour costs.· 有压力要压低劳动力成本。
查看全部语言翻译1work [uncountable] work, especially physical work劳动，尤指体力劳动: The garage charges £30 an hour for labour.这家修车行每小时收取30英镑的工时费。 Many women do hard manual labour (=work with their hands).许多妇女从事繁重的体力劳动（=用双手干活）。 Workers withdrew their labour (=protested by stopping work) for twenty-four hours.工人们撤回劳动（=以停工方式抗议）长达二十四小时。 → hard labour2workers [uncountable] all the people who work for a company or in a country在某公司或某国工作的全体人员: a shortage of skilled labor技术劳动力短缺 We need to reduce our labour costs.我们需要降低劳动力成本。3baby [singular, uncountable] the process of giving birth to a baby分娩过程in labour Meg was in labour for ten hours.梅格分娩历时十个小时。 Diane went into labour at 2 o'clock.黛安在两点钟开始分娩。a long/short/difficult labour The labour pains were unbearable.分娩阵痛令人难以忍受。labour ward/room (=a room in a hospital where women give birth)（=医院中供妇女分娩的产房）4a labour of love something that is hard work but that you do because you want to费力却出于自愿而做的事5somebody’s labours formal正式 a period of hard work一段艰辛劳动的时间: After several hours' gardening, we sat down to admire the results of our labours.园艺劳作几个小时后，我们坐下来欣赏劳动的成果。COLLOCATIONS词语搭配– Meaning 2– 释义 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + labour形容词/名词 + labourskilled/unskilled labour· Employers want to keep skilled labour because of the cost of training.· 雇主因培训成本高昂而希望留住熟练劳动力。cheap labour (=workers who have low wages)· Women and children were used as cheap labour.· 妇女和儿童被当作廉价劳动力使用。casual labour (=workers who do jobs that are not permanent)· The industry makes use of a large supply of casual labour.· 该行业大量使用临时劳动力。child labour· The shoe company was accused of using child labour in its factory.· 这家制鞋公司被指控在工厂使用童工。slave labour· Cotton was grown using slave labor.· 棉花是用奴隶劳动种植的。labour + NOUNlabour + 名词the labour force (=all the people who work in a country or for a company)· We need an educated labour force.· 我们需要一支受过良好教育的劳动力队伍。the labour supply (=all the people available to work)· What was the effect of the war on the labour supply?· 战争对劳动力供给有何影响？the labour market (=the people looking for work and the jobs available)· the percentage of women in the labour market· 劳动力市场中女性所占的比例a labour shortage· Immigrants came into the country to fill the labour shortage.· 移民进入该国以填补劳动力缺口。labour costs· There was pressure to keep down labour costs.· 有压力要压低劳动力成本。labourlabour2 British English, labor American English AWL verb [intransitive] 1to work hard辛苦劳动: They laboured all day in the mills.他们在工厂里辛苦劳作了一整天。labour over I’ve been labouring over this report all morning.我整个上午都在费力撰写这份报告。labour to do something Ray had little talent but labored to acquire the skills of a writer.雷才华有限，但努力钻研写作技巧。2labour under a delusion/misconception/misapprehension etc to believe something that is not true错误地相信某事: She had laboured under the misconception that Bella liked her.她一直误以为贝拉喜欢她。3labour the point to describe or explain something in too much detail or when people have already understood it对某事过分详述，或在人们已然理解时仍反复解释4[always + adverb/preposition] to move slowly and with difficulty缓慢而吃力地移动: I could see the bus labouring up the steep, windy road.我看见那辆公共汽车吃力地爬上那条陡峭蜿蜒的山路。
1to work hard辛苦劳动: They laboured all day in the mills.他们在工厂里辛苦劳作了一整天。labour over I’ve been labouring over this report all morning.我整个上午都在费力撰写这份报告。labour to do something Ray had little talent but labored to acquire the skills of a writer.雷才华有限，但努力钻研写作技巧。2labour under a delusion/misconception/misapprehension etc to believe something that is not true错误地相信某事: She had laboured under the misconception that Bella liked her.她一直误以为贝拉喜欢她。3labour the point to describe or explain something in too much detail or when people have already understood it对某事过分详述，或在人们已然理解时仍反复解释4[always + adverb/preposition] to move slowly and with difficulty缓慢而吃力地移动: I could see the bus labouring up the steep, windy road.我看见那辆公共汽车吃力地爬上那条陡峭蜿蜒的山路。