| 词汇 | labour |
| 释义 | labour | BrE ˈleɪbə, AmE ˈleɪbər | British A. noun ① countable and uncountable (work) 劳动 ▸ the division of labour 分工 ▸ to withdraw one's labour 罢工 ▸ a labour of love 出于热爱而做的工作 ▸ the labours of Hercules 异常艰巨的任务 before noun 劳动力的 ‹costs, shortage›; 劳资的 ‹dispute›▸ the graduate labour market is changing 毕业生就业市场正在发生变化 ② uncountable (workers) 劳工 ▸ cheap labour 廉价劳动力 ▸ skilled/unskilled labour 熟练/非熟练工人 before noun 工会的 ‹leader›③ uncountable Labour British Politics 工党 ▸ to vote Labour 投工党的票 before noun 工党的 ‹MP, government, policy›▸ the Labour vote 投给工党的选票 ④ countable and uncountable Medicine 分娩 ▸ to go into or begin labour 开始分娩 ▸ to be in labour 正在分娩 ▸ an easy/difficult labour 顺产/难产 B. intransitive verb ① (work hard) 努力 ▸ he's been labouring at or over the report since Wednesday 自星期三以来他一直忙着写这份报告 ▸ to labour to do sth; 努力做某事 ▸ they were labouring to finish the job on time 他们正努力争取按时完成工作 ② (have difficulties) 费力地做 ; Motor Vehicles «engine» 缓慢运转 ▸ he was labouring to breathe 他吃力地呼吸着 ▸ the car laboured up the hill 这辆车费力地爬上了山 ③ ▸ (suffer) to labour under a misapprehension/a handicap; 为误会/障碍所蒙蔽 ▸ he's labouring under the delusion that he is going to be offered the job 他有一种错觉，以为自己会得到这份工作 ▸ we must not labour under the illusion that we are safe 我们一定不要误以为我们是安全的 C. transitive verb ▸ to labour the point 一再重复已说明的事 ▸ if you keep labouring the point, your arguments become less effective 如果你总是重复，你的论点就会变得没有说服力 |
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