| 单词 | labour of love |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslabour of love labour of love n. [with allusion to 1 Thessalonians 1:3 (see quot. 15351 and compare Hellenistic Greek τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης ) and Hebrews 6:10 (see quot. 15352)] a task undertaken either for love of the work itself or out of love for a person, cause, etc.; work of this nature. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > work undertaken out of or for love labour of love1592 society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > other types of work church worka1225 kirk work1418 fieldwork1441 labour of love1592 life's work1660 shop work1696 outwork1707 private practice1724 tide-work1739 sales-work1775 marshing1815 work in progress1815 life-work1837 relief work1844 sharp practice1847 near work1850 slop-work1861 repetition work1866 side work1875 rework1878 wage-slavery1886 work in progress1890 war work1891 busywork1893 screen work1912 staff-work1923 gig work1927 knowledge work1959 WIP1966 telework1970 playwork1986 laboratory work2002 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Thess. i. 3 Youre worke in the faith, and youre laboure in loue. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Heb. vi. 10 God is not vnrighteous, that he shulde forget youre worke and laboure of loue, which ye shewed in his name.] 1592 R. Greene Philomela To Rdr. sig. A4 I com contrary to vow and promise once againe to the presse with a labour of loue which I hatched long ago. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. iii. §12 Women..founded Hospitals, and yet with a labor of love, as the Apostle styles it, Hebrew vi. 10, disdain'd not somtimes to serve in them. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. vii. i. 108 You must submit to the lowest offices in this labour of love. 1878 W. Black Goldsmith xiv. 131 During this labour of love [sc. the composition of the Deserted Village]. 1930 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 28 Apr. 15/5 Whatever he had done for the Railway Cricket Club was a labour of love. 2001 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 11 Mar. 14 The lace-like pattern of flowers in urns and Prince Of Wales feathers must have been an extraordinary labour of love. < as lemmas |
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