labor

英 ['leɪbə(r)] 美 ['leɪbər]

• n. 工人；劳工；工作；分娩；劳力
• v. 苦干；劳动；致力于；过分详尽阐述
• adj. 劳工的；劳动的

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 工作，活
2. 劳动，活计
3. 分娩；阵痛，尤指分娩时的肌肉挛缩
4. 英国工党
5. 努力
6. 劳工，劳方，人工
7. 工会
8. 劳动力，劳力

v. 动词

1. 劳动
2. 缓慢而困难地运转
3. 努力
4. 艰苦地干活，苦苦地干，苦干
5. 尽力争取，努力争取
6. 费力地前进，艰难而行
7. <古>耕作
8. 颠簸
9. 麻烦
10. 详细分析
11. 为…所苦， 因…而苦恼
12. 认为，为（错误想法）所迷惑（与under连用）
13. 分娩，阵痛
14. 花过多时间和精力于…，致力于
15. 过于详尽地阐述…
16. 使…劳累
17. 使辛勤地工作

adj. 形容词

1. 劳工的
2. 工会的
3. 工党的
4. 劳动的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages;

   "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
   

2. productive work (especially physical work done for wages);

   "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
   

3. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child;

   "she was in labor for six hours"
   

4. an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

5. a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

6. the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

7. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;

   "he prepared for great undertakings"
   

Verb:

1. 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"
   

2. work hard;

   "She was digging away at her math homework"
   "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
   

3. undergo the efforts of childbirth

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The country is short of skilled labor.
   这个国家缺乏熟练工人。
2. He is a member of the Labor Party.
   他是一名工党党员。
3. The cardinal idea of the Labor Party's political thought is that all people should be equal.
   工党政治思想的要点是人人平等。
4. Their labor efficiency is very high.
   他们的工作效率很高。
5. There is a clear division of labor in ants.
   蚂蚁间有明确的分工。
6. He was in anguish while his wife was in labor.
   妻子分娩时，他感到很痛苦。
7. It takes a lot of labor to build a railway.
   修筑一条铁路要花费许多劳动力。

用作动词 (v.)

1. They figured why should they labor when there was no payoff.
   他们认为没有回报为何要去努力工作。
2. Genius is the power to labor better and more availably.
   天才就是更好、更有效的劳动。
3. We must labor for a better future.
   我们应为更加美好的未来而努力。
4. You needn't labor a point that is perfectly plain.
   这点很明显，你用不着讲个没完。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The intent is to limit the entry of immigrant labor.
   目的是限制移民劳工的进入。
2. Not long ago, the sight of a Labor government bowing to demands from bosses and opening the gates to foreign workers would have produced howls of anguish from unions.
   不久前，工党政府的观点因企业老板对劳工的需求而得到转变，对外国劳工大开国门的做法还会引发工会怒气纷纷。
3. I'm a strong believer in the dignity of labor.
   我深信劳动的尊严。
4. The mill where we often labor is a paper mill.
   我们常在那里劳动的工厂是一个造纸厂。

词汇搭配

• day labor 计日工
• labor along 艰难地前进
• labor on 继续工作
• labor under 苦于(认为)
• casual labor 临时工
• difficult labor 难产
• compulsory labor 强制劳动
• delayed labor 逾期分娩, 过期分娩...
• corvee labor 徭役劳动
• abstract labor [经] 抽象劳动...
• labor one's way 参照 way
• child labor 童工
• artificial labor 人工引产
• clerical labor [经] 抄写人工...
• direct labor 直接人工
• complicated labor 复杂劳动
• abnormal labor 异常分娩,分娩异常...
• clearing labor 票据交换工
• contract labor 限定雇主劳工...
• bound labor 约定奴工

近反义词

【近义词】

• work 工作
• task 任务
• job 工作
• delivery 传递
• childbirth 分娩
• struggle 努力
• travail 分娩的痛苦
• toil 辛苦
• strive 奋斗
• moil 辛劳工作
• overdo 做或表现得过分...
• complain 抱怨
• exert 运用
• overemphasize 过分强调
• seize up (机器等)卡住...
• stagger 蹒跚
• employment 职业
• hard work 繁重的工作
• drudge 劳碌的人
• work force 劳动力
• birth 分娩
• fag (尤英）苦工...
• proletariat (古罗马社会中的)最下层...
• living 活着的
• occupation 职业
• effort 努力
• overwork 过度操劳
• livelihood 生计
• industry 工业
• belabor 痛击
• develop 发展
• undertaking 事业
• elaborate 详尽的
• toss 投掷
• roll 卷
• pitch 球场
• heave 用力举起
• turn 翻转
• tire 轮胎
• burden 负担
• overburden 使负担过重
• weary 疲倦的
• workers 职工
• parturition 生产
• throes 剧痛
• fatigue 疲劳
• employees 受雇者
• workmen 工人
• drudgery 苦差事
• exhaust 使筋疲力尽
• hands 动词hand的第三人称单...
• suffer 遭受
• strain 拉紧
• deliver 递送
• errand 差使
• assignment 分配
• chore 讨厌的工作
• plodding 沉重缓慢的
• diligence 勤奋
• exertion 努力
• slavery 奴役
• industriousness 勤奋
• bear 熊
• duty 义务
• laboriousness 艰巨(勤劳)
• enterprise 企业
• mission 使命
• affair 私通
• business 商业
• operoseness operose的名词形式...
• dwell 居住
• on 在 ... 之上
• expound 详细说明
• dwell on 细想
• be 有
• pain 痛苦
• give 给
• undergo 经历
• labour 劳动
• in 在 ... 里
• to 对于
• sweat 汗水
• parturiency parturient的名...
• endeavor 尽力
• project 计划
• slave 奴隶
• Labour Party 工党
• give birth to 产生
• Labor Department 劳动部
• Department of Labor 劳工部
• lying-in 临盆
• drive 开车
• trade union movement [经] 工会运动...
• labor movement 劳工运动
• grind 磨
• working class 工人阶级
• tug 用力拉
• push 推
• dig 挖
• confinement 拘禁
• childbed 产褥

【反义词】

• rest 剩余的部分
• relax 休息