美国文化脱口秀 第475期:'劳动'用英语怎么说?
时间:2019-02-22 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀
英语课
五一劳动节快乐!希望你今天不需要劳动,可以睡个懒觉、听听节目、学点英语。今天Jenny和Adam就要告诉你英语里超有趣的“劳动”说法。
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“劳动”英语怎么说?
Labor 1: 劳动
Labor Day:劳动节
5月1日是国际劳动节,不过北美的劳动节在9月的第一个周一:
May 1st is the International Workers' Day.
American and Canadian Labor Day is the first Monday of every September.
Labor和Labour
美式英语和英式英语的“劳动”拼法不一样:
美国:Labor
英联邦:Labour
英式拼法多了一个u,不过发音一样, 都是['leb?]
"劳动最光荣" 英语怎么说?
Labor is the most glorious.
Glorious: 光荣的
'劳动'用英语怎么说?
"Labor"用法真是多!
做动词:
To labor at something:辛勤劳作
用labor做动词有一种非常劳累、辛苦的感觉。
I'm laboring 2 away at work. 工作累成狗。
The work is very taxing. 工作非常累人、把我都榨干了。
做名词:
Labor Day:劳动节
Labor Party: 劳动党
Manual/physical labor: 体力劳动
Intellectual labor: 脑力劳动(不是brain labor)
The Department of Labor: 美国劳工部
Labor relations: 劳工关系
不过,“劳动人民”不是labor people
而是working class
Labor 也是“生孩子”!
“生产”在汉语里有“生孩子”的意思,而“labor”在英语里也一样!
She is in labor:她正在生产。
How was the labor? 生产顺不顺利?
Early labor: 早产
“Labor”的俗语
还有两个和labor相关的俗语也很实用!
#1.A labor of love:热爱的事业、再幸苦也值得
OpenLanguage is a labor of love for us. 开言英语是我们最热爱的事业。
#2.Fruits of your labor:劳动的果实
Learning English is not easy, but the fruits of labor are so sweet! 虽然学英语不容易,但劳动的果实非常甜美!
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
n.劳动,操劳v.努力争取(for)( labor的现在分词 );苦干;详细分析;(指引擎)缓慢而困难地运转
- The young man who said laboring was beneath his dignity finally put his pride in his pocket and got a job as a kitchen porter. 那个说过干活儿有失其身份的年轻人最终只能忍辱,做了厨房搬运工的工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- But this knowledge did not keep them from laboring to save him. 然而,这并不妨碍她们尽力挽救他。 来自飘(部分)
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