音标:['leibә] ; 柯林斯词典等级:5 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 劳动, 努力, 工作, 劳工, 分娩
vi. 劳动, 努力, 苦干
vt. 详细分析, 使厌烦
n a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
n concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
n a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
n productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
v work hard
v strive and make an effort to reach a goal
v undergo the efforts of childbirth
词型变化:名词复数形式 : labours ; 现在分词 : labouring ; 过去式 : laboured ; 过去分词 : laboured ; 第三人称单数 : labours
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labour的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Labour is not only a necessity but also a pleasure.劳动不仅是人生所必需的,而且是一种乐趣。
  2. It takes a lot of labour to build a railway.修筑一条铁路要花费许多劳动力。
  3. A vigorous labour movement began that winter.那年冬天,展开了蓬蓬勃勃的劳工运动。
  4. The labour question must come to the fore next session.劳工问题必将成为下届会议的热门话题。
  5. She was in labour for three hours.她的分娩过程长达三小时。
用作动词(v.)
  1. We labour for the happiness of mankind.我们为人类的幸福而努力。
  2. The editor laboured over the manuscript till early morning.编辑煞费苦心地修改稿件,一直干到清晨。
  3. Miners labour in the bowels of earth.矿工们在地底下劳动。
  4. The old man laboured up the hillside.老人吃力地登上山腰。
  5. The horses laboured up the steep slope.那些马费力地爬上了陡坡。
  6. There is no need to labour the argument.该论据无需详细说明或讨论。
  7. You needn't labour a point that is perfectly plain.这点很明显,你用不着讲个没完。
用作名词(n.)
  1. He was elected to the leadership of the Labour Party.他被选为工党的领导人。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. We have replaced human labour with machines.我们用机器取代了人工劳动。
  2. They live by honest labour.他们靠正当劳动生活。
  3. This education aimed at combining brain work with manual labour.此项教育的目的在于实现脑力劳动与体力劳动相结合。
  4. We should try to reform criminals through labour rather than punish them.我们应该尽量通过劳动改造罪犯,而不是惩罚他们。
  5. We regard labour as a matter of honour.我们认为劳动是光荣的事。
  6. These machines would relieve the peasants of their backbreaking labour.这些机器可以把农民从繁重的体力劳动中解放出来。
  7. A good day's labour got his appetite up.劳动了一整天,他饭吃得特别香。
  8. He forced his slaves into hard labour.他逼迫他的奴隶们干苦役。
  9. Helpless, we watched a whole season's labour and half a year's food destroyed.我们眼睁睁地看着整整一季度的劳动和半年的粮食被毁掉了。
  10. I have a labour for you.我有活叫你干。
  11. She blushed when they criticized her for her incorrect attitude toward domestic labour.当他们批评她对家务劳动的不正确态度时,她脸红了。
  12. This was what they achieved after two years of ceaseless military labour.这是他们两年不懈的军事训练取得的成果。
  13. The criminal was sentenced to eight years at hard labour.那罪犯被判处8年劳役。
  14. Some of the labour leaders were also questioned by the reactionary police.一些工会领导人也受到反动警察的查问。
  15. The labour men tries their best to dam the river.劳动人民尽最大努力筑堤防洪。
  16. In front of the labour exchange there are many people desiring to get a job.职业介绍所门前有许多想找工作的人。
  17. They are admired for their labour discipline.他们由于劳动纪律严明而受到人们的钦佩。
  18. Labour Day falls on a Monday this year.今年劳动节是星期一。
  19. My mind flashed back to last Labour Day.我的脑海里又闪现出去年劳动节的情景。
  20. It was widely held that the Labour Party would get in, but it failed in the election.人们普遍认为工党会上台,但它在选举中失败了。
  21. They forged the links with the Labour Party.他们与工党建立了联系。
  22. It is important to locate new industries where labour and raw materials are easily available.把新工业设置在劳动力和原材料都便利的地方是很重要的。
  23. To take it apart now would mean wasting a lot of labour.现在把它拆开,就会浪费大量劳动力。
  24. Many children were exploited as cheap labour in factories.许多儿童在工厂里作为廉价劳动力受到剥削。
  25. Most of the nation's labour are on strike.该国的大部分工人正在罢工。
  26. They mediated the settlement between labour and management.他们通过调停解决了劳资纠纷。
  27. When the building was completed, he paid off the labours.大楼完工后,他就付了工资,把工人打发走了。
  28. It is a scientific labour.这是一项艰巨的科学任务。
  29. His labours are now at an end, and he can rest.现在,他的艰辛的工作已经结束,可以休息了。
  30. When can the people cease from their labours?人们什么时候才能停止他们的辛苦劳作呢?
  31. On her way back from the fields, she suddenly doubled over with labour pains.从地里回来时,她突然感到一阵阵痛,不由得蹲了下去。
  32. His wife is in labour.他的夫人正在分娩。
  33. She was in labour for two hours before her baby was finally born.她分娩了两个小时,才生下婴儿。
  34. She went into labour two weeks early.她提前两周分娩了。
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. The editor laboured over the manuscript till early morning.编辑煞费苦心地修改那篇稿件,一直改到凌晨。
  2. They laboured along the bad road.他们在那条难走的路上艰难地行进。
S+~+to- v
  1. I laboured to understand him.我努力了解他的意思。
  2. They have laboured to complete the job.他们努力完成这一工作。
  3. We laboured hard to finish our job ahead of schedule.我们努力工作,以期把活儿提前干完。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. He didn't know how to labour the wonders.他不知道如何创造奇迹。
  2. There's no need to labour the point.没有必要反复解释这一点。
其他v -ed as Attrib.
  1. His argument is interesting but is at times somewhat clouded by a laboured style.他的论证很值得回味,只是由于行文艰涩,有时不太清楚。
v -ing as Attrib.
  1. The labouring people in Tibet developed the Tibetan plateau with their own labour and wisdom.西藏劳动人民曾以自己的劳动和智慧开发了西藏。
  2. Cities grew rapidly, a large laboring class developed.城市在迅速发展,结果导致劳动大军的发展。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
labour at (v.+prep.)
    努力研究 work hard atlabour at sth

    Don't labour at your writing, try to make it seem easy and natural.

    不要对你所写的东西过分雕琢,要把文章写得简明自然。

labour for (v.+prep.)
    为…而努力工作 work hard so as tolabour for sb/sth

    Why should you labour for the boss of the company when he gives you no reward?

    公司的老板不给你钱,你为什么还要为他卖命呢?

    They laboured for the happiness of mankind.

    他们为人类的幸福而努力工作。

labour under (v.+prep.)
    苦于;被…所欺骗 work underneathlabour under sth

    You are labouring under an error if you think these rules will always be valid.

    如果你认为这规章永久适用,那你就错了。

    People labour under the ignorance and superstition.

    人们因愚昧和迷信而受害。

labour up (v.+prep.)
    艰难地向上 make a lot of effort uplabour up sth

    The car laboured up the hill.

    汽车艰难地爬上山去。

    They laboured through the thick forest and up the steep hill.

    他们艰难地穿过茂密的森林,爬上陡峭的山坡。

labour with (v.+prep.)
    用…使(某人)疲倦 make sb tired with sthlabour with sth

    His classmates were labouring with elementary algebra.

    他的同学们正在绞尽脑汁地演算初等代数题。

    labour sb with sth

    Don't labour the reader with unnecessary detail.

    不要用不必要的细节使读者疲倦。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • begin the labour开始劳动
  • carry labour做工作
  • complete labour完成工作
  • continue one's labour继续劳动
  • cost labour消耗劳动力
  • devote much labour付出许多努力
  • do labour劳动,干活,做工
  • divide labour分工
  • draw labour吸收劳动力
  • engaged in labour从事…劳动
  • find labour找到工作
  • finish labour完成工作,结束工作
  • free from labour免于劳动,免于苦役
  • gain from labour劳动所得
  • handle labour处理工作
  • leave labour歇工
  • perform labour从事劳动
  • pursue one's labour继续劳动
  • quit labour停止劳动
  • require labour需要劳动力
  • save labour节省劳力
  • simplify the labour简化工作
  • spare no labour不遗余力
  • want labour需要劳动
  • waste a great deal of labour浪费大量劳动
形容词+~
  • backbreaking labour极其繁重的体力劳动
  • cheap labour廉价劳动力
  • creative labour创造性劳动
  • daily labour日常劳动
  • delicate labour细致的劳动
  • demanding labour要求高的劳动
  • dirty labour脏活,吃力不讨好的活
  • disagreeable labour令人不愉快的劳动
  • domestic labour家务活
  • easy labour容易的劳动
  • economic labour经济工作
  • educational labour教育事业
  • everyday labour日常劳动
  • excessive labour过度的劳动
  • exhausting labour令人筋疲力尽的劳动
  • firsthand labour第一手工作
  • forced labour强迫劳动
  • hard labour艰苦的劳动
  • honest labour诚实的劳动
  • human labour人类劳动
  • light labour轻微的劳动,轻活
  • manual labour体力劳动
  • mental labour脑力劳动
  • necessary labour必要的劳动
  • noble labour高尚的工作
  • orderly labour有秩序的劳动
  • organizational labour组织劳动
  • outdoor labour室外劳动
  • patient labour耐心的劳动
  • physical labour体力劳动
  • pleasant labour令人愉快的劳动
  • productive labour生产劳动
  • rough labour粗活
  • taxing labour繁重的工作
  • tiring labour令人筋疲力尽的工作
  • tough labour困难的工作
  • undercover labour秘密劳动
  • useful labour有用的劳动,有益的劳动
  • difficult labour难产
  • natural labour自然分娩
  • the first labour头胎
  • the second labour二胎
名词+~
  • child labour童工
  • day labour计日工
  • farm labour农场劳动
  • fieldlabour野外工作
  • hand labour手工劳动
  • life labour一生的工作
  • muscle labour体力劳动
  • night labour夜班
  • prison labour狱中劳役
  • reconstruction labour重建工作
  • slave labour奴役
~+名词
  • labour clothes工作服
  • labour conference工作会议
  • labour power劳动力
介词+~
  • after one's labours完成工作后
  • be in labour分娩
  • by labour通过劳动
  • woman in labour分娩中的妇女
  • go into labour from因…而小产
  • quality of labour劳动质量
  • the hours of labour劳动时间
  • produced with labour劳动所生产的
~+介词
  • labour of destruction破坏工作
  • labour of duty本职工作
  • labour of love不取报酬的劳动,义务劳动
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • labour the point仔细地分析解释
~+副词
  • labour accidentally偶尔劳动
  • labour appropriately适当地劳动
  • labour arduously艰难地劳动
  • labour artificially虚假地劳动
  • labour assiduously不懈地劳动
  • labour bodily整体地艰难移动
  • labour casually马虎地劳动
  • labour cautiously谨慎地艰难移动
  • labour ceaselessly不断地劳动
  • labour clumsily拙劣地劳动
  • labour conditionally有条件地劳动
  • labour consciously自觉地劳动
  • labour cordially真心诚意地劳动
  • labour daringly大胆地劳动
  • labour diligently勤奋地劳动
  • labour doubtfully难以预料地劳动
  • labour economically有效益地劳动
  • labour efficiently有效率地劳动
  • labour extensively大量地劳动
  • labour fastidiously挑剔地劳动
  • labour frequently经常劳动
  • labour healthfully有益于健康地劳动
  • labour impetuously急躁地劳动
  • labour incessantly不断地劳动
  • labour indirectly间接劳动
  • labour industriously辛勤地劳动
  • labour insistently引人注意地劳动
  • labour intelligibly可理解地艰难移动
  • labour intentionally有目的地劳动
  • labour interestingly有趣地劳动
  • labour jerkily笨拙地劳动
  • labour laboriously艰难地劳动
  • labour logically情理之中地劳动
  • labour needlessly不必要地劳动
  • labour passively消极劳动
  • labour patiently有耐性地劳动
  • labour pointlessly无意义地劳动
  • labour probably可能劳动
  • labour professionally熟练地劳动
  • labour provisionally暂且劳动
  • labour readily欣然劳动
  • labour recklessly不顾后果地劳动
  • labour reluctantly不情愿地劳动
  • labour rightly正当劳动
  • labour satisfactorily令人满意地劳动
  • labour simultaneously同时劳动
  • labour skillfully技术高超地劳动
  • labour slowly慢慢地劳动
  • labour solely单独地劳动
  • labour specially具体地劳动
  • labour speciously似是而非地劳动
  • labour spectacularly特殊地劳动
  • labour speedily快速地劳动
  • labour substantially实实在在地劳动
  • labour symbolically象征性地劳动
  • labour systematically系统地劳动
  • labour tirelessly不知疲倦地劳动
  • labour tremulously震颤地艰难移动
  • labour temporarily暂时劳动
  • labour unbelievably不可思议地劳动
  • labour unconditionally无条件地劳动
  • labour unexpectedly意外地劳动
  • labour unhesitatingly毫不犹豫地劳动
  • labour voluntarily自愿地劳动
  • labour whole-heartedly全心全意地劳动
~+介词
  • labour at努力研究
  • labour for为…而努力工作
  • labour under苦于,被…所欺骗
  • labour up艰难地向上
  • labour with用…使…疲倦

经典引文

  • Man goeth forth unto his worke: and to his labour.

    出自:Bible (AV): Psalms
  • Physics..they took to be unacceptably hard mental labour.

    出自:D. Francis
  • They..labour Honey to sustain their Lives.

    出自:Dryden

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petrophytes
phase accumulator
photohobia
phylloporus rhodoxanthus
Piper betle L.
platismatia formosana
pledge card
plumpline
preset potentiometer
profitability index
propylene glycol alginate
public-address systems
randonnee
reflected radiation
relocating loader
ricebird
rolled joint
roof baggage rack
rubber sleeve core barrel
sea otter fur
shore-fast
sight bill
sodium ethyl sulfate
somlich
spell-binders
stabilized sulphur trioxide
synandrium
tan sb's hide
tank drainback
time correction circuit
too littlest
turbine low vacuum protection
two-way latticed grid
video-tapeds
well-carved
woodland pasture
Yatenga, Prov.