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labor

noun
 
(US English)
(British English labour)
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  1.  
     [uncountable] work, especially physical work劳动；（尤指）体力劳动
    • manual labor (= work using your hands)身体劳动
    • The price will include the labor and materials.价格将包括人工和材料。
    • The company wants to keep down labor costs.该公司希望降低人工成本。
    • The workers voted to withdraw their labor (= to stop work as a means of protest).工人们投票决定撤回他们的劳动。
    • a fair division of labor between men and women男女之间的公平分工
    see also day laborTopics Businessb2
  2. [countable, usually plural] (formal) a task or period of work任务；（一段时间的）工作
    • He was so exhausted from the day's labors that he went straight to bed.他因一天的工作而精疲力尽，因此直接上床睡觉。
    • People look forward to enjoying the fruits of their labors during retirement.人们期望退休后能享受劳动成果。
  3.  
     [uncountable] the people who work or are available for work in a country or company（统称）劳工，工人；劳动力
    • child/forced/slave labor童工/强迫/奴役
    • a shortage of labor劳工短缺
    • Companies are making huge profits by exploiting cheap labor in poor countries.在贫穷国家，公司通过利用廉价劳动力来赚取巨额利润。
    • There is a growing demand for skilled labor.对熟练工人的需求不断增长。
    • New labor laws make it more difficult for employers to sack workers.新的劳动法使雇主解雇工人更加困难。
    • good labor relations (= the relationship between workers and employers)良好的劳动关系
    Topics Working lifeb2
  4. [uncountable, countable, usually singular] the period of time or the process of giving birth to a baby分娩期；分娩；生产
    • in labor Jane was in labor for ten hours.简工作了十个小时。
    • She went into labor early.她很早就上班了。
    • labor pains阵痛
    • It was a difficult labor.这是一项艰巨的工作。
    Topics Life stagesc2
Idioms
a labor of love
  1. a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary为爱好而做的困难工作
    • Writing the book was a labor of love.写这本书是爱的劳动。

labor

verb
🔊/ˈleɪbə(r)/
🔊/ˈleɪbər/
(US English)
(British English labour)
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    struggle搏斗

  1. [intransitive] to try very hard to do something difficult努力做（困难的事）
    • labor (away) He was in his study laboring away over some old papers.他在书房里忙着写一些旧论文。
    • labor to do something They labored for years to clear their son's name.他们花了多年的时间来清除儿子的名字。
    2.

    work hard勤奋

  2. [intransitive] to do hard physical work干苦力活
    • We labored all day in the fields.我们整天在田里劳作。
    • (old-fashioned) the laboring classes (= the working class)工人阶级
    3.

    move with difficulty吃力地行进

  3. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to move with difficulty and effort 困难吃力地行进synonym struggle (2)
    • The horses labored up the steep slope.马在陡峭的山坡上劳作。
    • With the engine laboring, the car struggled up the hill.随着发动机的运转，汽车在山上挣扎。
Idioms
labor the point
  1. to continue to repeat or explain something that has already been said and understood一再重复，反复解释（已说明的事）
    • I understand what you're saying—there's no need to labor the point.我理解您的意思-无需费力。