labour

noun

劳动 work

1. 劳动；（尤指）体力劳动
   work, especially physical work
   1. manual labour (= work using your hands)
      体力劳动
   2. The price will include the labour and materials.
      此价格中包含人工费和材料费。
   3. The company wants to keep down labour costs .
      公司想保持低劳动成本。
   4. The workers voted to withdraw their labour (= to stop work as a means of protest) .
      工人投票决定罢工以示抗议。
   5. He was sentenced to two years in a labour camp (= a type of prison where people have to do hard physical work) .
      他被判处两年劳改。
2. 任务；（一段时间的）工作
   a task or period of work
   1. He was so exhausted from the day's labours that he went straight to bed.
      他工作了一天疲惫不堪，便直接上床休息了。

劳动者 people who work

3. （统称）劳工，工人；劳动力
   the people who work or are available for work in a country or company
   1. a shortage of labour
      劳动力的短缺
   2. Employers are using immigrants as cheap labour .
      雇主正在把移民当作廉价劳动力使用。
   3. Repairs involve skilled labour , which can be expensive.
      修理需要熟练技工，人工费会很昂贵。
   4. good labour relations (= the relationship between workers and employers)
      良好的劳资关系

分娩 having baby

4. 分娩期；分娩；生产
   the period of time or the process of giving birth to a baby
   1. Jane was in labour for ten hours.
      简分娩花了十个小时。
   2. She went into labour early.
      她早产了。
   3. labour pains
      分娩时的阵痛

政治 politics

5. 英国工党
   the British Labour Party
   1. He always votes Labour.
      他老是投工党的票。
   2. Labour has/have been in power for nearly ten years.
      工党执政已将近十年。

verb

奋斗 struggle

1. 努力做（困难的事）
   to try very hard to do sth difficult
   1. He was in his study labouring away over some old papers.
      他在书房里潜心研究一些旧材料。
   2. They laboured for years to clear their son's name.
      他们为洗刷儿子的罪名奋力斗争了许多年。

努力工作 work hard

2. 干苦力活
   to do hard physical work
   1. We laboured all day in the fields.
      我们在田地里辛勤劳动了一整天。
   2. the labouring classes (= the working class)
      工人阶级

吃力地行进 move with difficulty

3. 困难吃力地行进
   to move with difficulty and effort
   1. The horses laboured up the steep slope.
      那些马费力地爬上了陡坡。

in AM, use 美国英语用 labor


1. See also: ...the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting... The chef at the barbecue looked up from his labours; he was sweating. hard labour
2. VERB （用手）劳动
   Someone who labours works hard using their hands.
   1. ...peasants labouring in the fields...
      在地里劳作的农民
   2. Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years.
      她丈夫在厂里辛勤工作了17年。
3. VERB 艰苦地做；吃力地做
   If you labour to do something, you do it with difficulty.
   1. For twenty-five years now he has laboured to build a religious community.
      他呕心沥血地建立一个宗教社区，至今已有25个年头。
   2. ...a young man who's labouring under all kinds of other difficulties.
      在其他各种困难下艰苦工作的小伙子
4. N-UNCOUNT （总称）劳工，工人
   Labour is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group.
   1. Latin America lacked skilled labour...
      拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。
   2. ...the struggle between capital and labour...
      劳资斗争
   3. They were cheap labour.
      他们是廉价劳工。
5. N-UNCOUNT 劳动成果
   The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as their labour .
   1. Every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour...
      每个人的劳动成果都应该获得合理的回报。
   2. The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour — they have no power.
      失业者没法罢工——他们没有这种实力。
6. N-PROPER-COLL （英国）工党
   In Britain, people use Labour to refer to the Labour Party.
   1. He believes that, historically, Labour has been most successful as the party that helped people get on in life...
      他相信一直以来工党在帮助人民改善生活方面表现最为出色。
   2. They all vote Labour.
      他们都投工党的票。
7. ADJ 工党的；支持工党的
   A Labour politician or voter is a member of a Labour Party or votes for a Labour Party.
   1. ...a Labour MP...
      工党下院议员
   2. Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented.
      数以百万计的工党支持者没有议员代表。
8. VERB 误以为；为…所蒙蔽
   If you labour under a delusion or misapprehension, you continue to believe something which is not true.
   1. She laboured under the illusion that I knew what I was doing...
      她有一个错觉，以为我知道自己在做什么。
   2. You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions.
      你似乎存在相当大的误解。
9. VERB 一再重申；反复说明
   If you labour a point or an argument, you keep making the same point or saying the same thing, although it is unnecessary.
   1. I don't want to labour the point but there it is.
      我不想反复重申，但还是不得不说。
10. N-UNCOUNT 分娩；临盆
    Labour is the last stage of pregnancy, in which the baby is gradually pushed out of the womb by the mother.
    1. I thought the pains meant I was going into labour.
       我还以为这些疼痛意味着我要生了呢。
    2. Some women prefer to move about during labour.
       有些女人喜欢在分娩期间下床走动。

1. To attract investors, Panama has adjusted its tax and labour laws.
   为吸引投资者，巴拿马调整了税法和劳动法。
2. He was co-opted into the Labour Government of 1964
   他被指派加入了1964年的工党政府。
3. He became a colossus of the labour movement.
   他成为了劳工运动中举足轻重的人物。
4. This process is, in no sense, a divorce between the Labour Party and the trade union movement.
   这个进程绝不是工党和工会运动相脱离。
5. A faltering economy and a recent wave of labour unrest have affected the new party's popularity.
   停滞不前的经济和最近的一次劳工骚乱浪潮影响了新政党的声望。
6. A system of forced labour was used on the cocoa plantations.
   可可种植园中曾实行强迫劳役制。
7. It was a Labour government which granted independence to India and Pakistan
   是工党政府同意了印度和巴基斯坦的独立。
8. The Labour Party has not made the issue a high priority
   工党尚未将该问题列为优先考虑的事项。
9. The chef at the barbecue looked up from his labours; he was sweating.
   正在烧烤台上忙活的厨师抬起头来；他的脸上直冒汗。
10. Writing this book has been a great pleasure, a true labour of love.
    写这本书是一大乐事，辛苦绝对是心甘情愿。
11. Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years.
    她丈夫在厂里辛勤工作了17年。
12. Latin America lacked skilled labour
    拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。
13. They were cheap labour.
    他们是廉价劳工。
14. Every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour
    每个人的劳动成果都应该获得合理的回报。
15. The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour — they have no power.
    失业者没法罢工——他们没有这种实力。
16. He believes that, historically, Labour has been most successful as the party that helped people get on in life
    他相信一直以来工党在帮助人民改善生活方面表现最为出色。
17. They all vote Labour.
    他们都投工党的票。
18. Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented.
    数以百万计的工党支持者没有议员代表。
19. She laboured under the illusion that I knew what I was doing
    她有一个错觉，以为我知道自己在做什么。
20. You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions.
    你似乎存在相当大的误解。
21. I don't want to labour the point but there it is.
    我不想反复重申，但还是不得不说。
22. I thought the pains meant I was going into labour.
    我还以为这些疼痛意味着我要生了呢。
23. Some women prefer to move about during labour.
    有些女人喜欢在分娩期间下床走动。
24. The longer people have been unemployed, the harder it is for them to compete in the labour market.
    失业时间越长，就越难在劳动力市场与别人竞争。
25. The Labour Party has moved to the right and become like your Democrat Party
    工党已右倾化了，变得像你们民主党。
26. Cadres have gone down to different grass-roots units to take part in manual labour.
    干部们分别下基层参加劳动去了。
27. It is labour that creates the world.
    是劳动创造了世界。
28. This technical innovation will save us much time and labour.
    这项技术革新可以为我们节省大量的时间和劳力。
29. Scientific inventions such as these have raised labour productivity by a big margin.
    诸如此类的科学发明，都大大提高了劳动生产率。

  birth delivery labour【导航词义：分娩】

  birth n. 出生，分娩

〔辨析〕强调婴儿出生的那一刻。

  delivery n. 生产，分娩

〔辨析〕主要指分娩的过程。

  labour n. 分娩，产程

〔辨析〕指分娩的过程，和 delivery 基本同义。

  work job labour toil【导航词义：工作，劳动】

  work n. 工作，劳动

〔辨析〕最普通用词，含义广泛，既可指体力劳动也可指脑力劳动，通常都以挣钱为目的，有时也指机器干的工作。

  job n. 工作，活儿

〔辨析〕多用于口语，侧重指受雇用的、以谋生为目的的工作。

  labour n. 劳动，工作

〔辨析〕尤指艰苦的体力劳动。

  toil n. 〈正式〉苦工，辛苦

〔辨析〕指十分累人的苦活。

labour under sth

1. 为…所蒙蔽
   to believe sth that is not true

n.

a labour of love

• 为爱好而做的困难工作
  a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary

v.

labour the point

• 一再重复，反复解释（已说明的事）
  to continue to repeat or explain sth that has already been said and understood

noun

1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
   1. his labor did not require a great deal of skill

   Synonym:    labortoil

2. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
   1. there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field

   Synonym:    laborworking classproletariat

3. concluding state of pregnancy
   1. she was in labor for six hours

   Synonym:    parturiencylaborconfinementlying-intravailchildbed

verb

1. undergo the efforts of childbirth

   Synonym:    labor

2. strive and make an effort to reach a goal
   1. She tugged for years to make a decent living
   2. We have to push a little to make the deadline!
   3. She is driving away at her doctoral thesis

   Synonym:    tuglaborpushdrive

3. work hard
   1. She was digging away at her math homework
   2. Lexicographers drudge all day long

   Synonym:    labortoilfagtravailgrinddrudgedigmoil