| 词汇 | labour |
| 释义 | labour noun UK(USlabor)uk /ˈleɪ.bər/ us /ˈleɪ.bɚ/ labournoun (WORK)C1[ U ] practical work, especially when it involves hard physical effort: 劳动;（尤指）体力劳动 The car parts themselves are not expensive, it's the labour that costs the money.汽车零件本身并不贵，但人工费很高。 manual labour (= hard work using the hands)体力劳动 C1[ U ] workers, especially people who do practical work with their hands: （尤指干体力活儿的）工人，劳工 skilled/unskilled labour熟练／非熟练工人 labours[ plural ]literary all the effort and hard work that have been involved in doing a particular piece of work: 努力;辛勤劳动 Are you tired after your labours?辛勤工作之后你觉得累吗？ West was paid very little for his labours.韦斯特的辛勤劳动只得到了很微薄的报酬。 Retirement is the time to enjoy the fruits of your labours.退休就是享受辛勤劳动成果的时候。 Farming has been mechanized, reducing the need for labour.耕作已经机械化了，减少了对劳动力的需求。 The older generation were bent double from decades of labour in the fields. Society is challenging the traditional sexual division of labour.当今社会正在向传统的性别分工发出挑战。 There has been some increase in the use of casual labour over recent years. We'll invoice you for parts and labour.我们将给你一份零件和人工的费用清单。 Work, working and the workplace act as something all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom assignment bandh be at workidiom grind hoop hotelling housekeeping in the line of dutyidiom induction industry job moonlight skivvy slave slog slouch spadework undertaking You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Workers in general Effort and expending energy labournoun (BIRTH)C2[ C or U ] the last stage of pregnancy from the time when the muscles of the womb start to push the baby out of the body until the baby appears: 分娩期;分娩，生产，临盆 labour pains分娩时的阵痛 She went into(= started) labour at twelve o'clock last night.昨晚12点她开始分娩。 I was in labour for twelve hours with my first baby.我生第一个孩子用了12个小时。 No two labours are ever the same.没有两次分娩是完全相同的。 Obstetrics: birth antenatally Apgar score B, b birth centre birth pangs childbirth contraction delivery suite doula due date episiotomy gas and air induce posh prenatal reborn tokophobia vacuum extraction ventouse whelp Idiomlabour of love labour verb UK(USlabor)uk /ˈleɪ.bər/ us /ˈleɪ.bɚ/ [ I ] to do hard physical work: 劳动，劳作，干重活儿 He travelled around Europe labouring to pay his way.他靠打工挣路费周游了欧洲。 [ + to infinitive ]Three hours after the explosion, rescue teams were still labouring to free those trapped.爆炸发生3小时后，救援队员还在奋力解救被困人员。 [ I+ adv/prep ] to do something slowly with great physical or mental effort: 艰难地做，费劲儿地工作 He laboured up the hill with his heavy load.他负重艰难地登上了山顶。 She's been labouring over the same article for days.她为了这篇文章已经苦熬好几天了。 Work, working and the workplace act as something all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom assignment bandh be at workidiom grind hoop hotelling housekeeping in the line of dutyidiom induction industry job moonlight skivvy slave slog slouch spadework undertaking You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Slow and moving slowly Idiomslabour the point labour under the delusion, illusion, misapprehension, etc. Labour noun[ + sing/pl verb ] uk /ˈleɪ.bər/ us /ˈleɪ.bɚ/ the Labour Party, the political party in Great Britain that believes in social equality, a more equal sharing out of wealth, and the rights of workers: （英国）工党 Labour are sure to get in at the next election.工党在下届选举中肯定会获胜。 I voted Labour in the last election.上次选举时我投了工党的票。 Compare Labor Politics - general words anti-capitalism anti-capitalist anti-communism anti-communist anti-fascism interparty interpellate interpellation interventionist lab on message Orwellian overstep parliament party politics spill statesman statesmanlike stateswoman subsidiarity Labour adjective uk /ˈleɪ.bər/ us /ˈleɪ.bɚ/ belonging or relating to the Labour Party: 工党的 the Labour Party支持工党的选民 Labour voters工党 the Labour candidate工党候选人 Politics - general words anti-capitalism anti-capitalist anti-communism anti-communist anti-fascism interparty interpellate interpellation interventionist lab on message Orwellian overstep parliament party politics spill statesman statesmanlike stateswoman subsidiarity labour | Business Englishlabour noun[ U ] UK(USlabor)uk /ˈleɪbər/us practical work, especially involving physical effort: The cost will depend on the amount of labour involved. They gave us an estimated price including parts and labour. The shorts sell for $45, but the hard labor of the women who made them cost just 50 cents. Most jobs these days aren't exhausting manual labour. HR workers in a company or a country, especially people who do practical work with their hands: skilled/unskilled labourForeign workers were brought in to fill a temporary shortfall in skilled labor. We use casual labour during busy periods. cheap/local/temporary labour More companies are building plants abroad to take advantage of cheaper labor costs. labour disputes/shortages/standards withdraw your labourUK HR to stop working as a way of complaining about or trying to change something, such as pay or working conditions: The pilots have chosen to withdraw their labour at a crucial time in the airline's history. See alsoagency labour casualadjective child labour direct labour division of labour forced labour indirect labour organized labour sweated labour Examples of labourlabour The working plans included construction of forest access roads at fairly high labour cost. Both authors advocate an eclectic mix of quantitative survey and qualitative interviews for the study of current rural labour transformations. In the first sector, labour produces a manufactured good with constant returns to scale. The second sector comprises resource harvesting, which is undertaken with constant returns to scale to labour and to the resource stock. Because a significant portion of the labour force was becoming redundant, pauperization loomed large. However, differences in the nature of wage labour between the two regions were very strong, as a result of the specific route of the transition. Servants were gradually replaced by other types of labour with work duties as crofters or different types of paid workers. This considerably reduces the inherent power of his depiction of child labour. It should be stressed that the labour force was structured around households and not around individual labourers. A certain degree of division of labour took place in the production of cigarettes, but not in the production of cigars and limpiones. While labour demand is modelled, labour supply is supposed to follow the demand within the framework of constant nominal wage rates. The 1859 law allowed the registration of haciendas and labour contracts, but the $.10 per contract charge acted as a disincentive to the system's use. A claim of dominion was used, in turn, to legitimise the town's right to call on the indigenous population for labour service. Several were relatively young or had a young spouse, and their labour sustained a capital base sufficient to withstand one health or economic crisis. As a simplified representation of the farm labour force, the farmer carries out tasks on both sows and batches. See all examples of labour These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withlabourlabourThese are words often used in combination with labour. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. agricultural labour The increase in agricultural capital raises agriculturallabour productivity. bonded labour This process of asset transfer, looting and self-liquidation, like that of debt and bonded labour, is intimately connected with the logic and operation of aid. cheap labour In order to exploit the tropical rent, abundant and cheaplabour was required. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with labour |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。