| 单词 | labor |
| 释义 | noun | verb laborlabor1 /ˈleɪbɚ/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL noun 1[uncountable] work, especially work using a lot of physical effort: The garage charges $50 an hour for labor. The job involves a lot of manual labor (=physical work, especially using your hands). You don’t look like you could do physical labor. → see also hard labor2[uncountable] all the people who work for a company or in a country: Much of the senator’s support comes from organized labor. a shortage of skilled labor a labor dispute Labor costs (=the amount of money you must pay workers) are increasing very slowly all over the country. Companies have gone around the world in search of cheap labor (=people who are paid low wages).child/slave labor The laws are designed to prevent child labor. → see also labor force3[singular, uncountable] the process in which a baby is born by being pushed from its mother’s body, or the period of time during which this happens: Meg was in labor for 18 hours. Doreen went into labor at 5:30. The labor pains were incredible.4a labor of love something that is hard work but that you do because you want to very much5somebody’s labors formal a period of hard work: Their labors produced a fabulous evening of entertainment. noun | verb laborlabor2 ●○○ AWL verb [intransitive] 1to work very hard, especially with your hands: labor to do something Villagers labored for five years to build the bridge.2to work at doing something that is difficult: labor over He labored over the report all morning.labor to do something She labored to explain the reason for her actions.3labor under a delusion/misconception/misapprehension etc. to believe something that is not true while you do something: We were laboring under the impression that we could make a difference.4a car, train, engine, person, etc. that labors works or moves slowly and with difficulty: The train labored up the steep hill. |
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