labor
英 [ˈleɪbə]
美 [ˈleɪbər]
n. 劳动，努力；工作; 劳工，工人; 分娩，（分娩时的）阵痛
vi. 努力争取(for); 苦干; 详细分析（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转
复数：labors 现在分词：laboring 过去式：labored 第三人称单数：labors 过去分词：labored
BNC.17075 / COCA.1123
柯林斯词典
- → see:labour
英英释义
noun
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- his labor did not require a great deal of skill
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- he prepared for great undertakings
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy
- she was in labor for six hours
verb
- undergo the efforts of childbirth
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- She tugged for years to make a decent living
- We have to push a little to make the deadline!
- She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
- work hard
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
双语例句
- Land, labor and capital are all productive of wealth.
土地、劳动和资本都能创造财富。 - The company says it is in full compliance with US labor laws
这家公司说自己严格遵守美国的各项劳工法。 - Labor economist Harley Shaekin argues the cost needs to be viewed in perspective
工党经济学家哈利·谢金认为要客观看待成本。 - No matter how we define him, he cannot in anyway be related to as a labor people.
讲来讲去就是和劳动人民四个字沾不到边。 - It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action.
此次罢工影响几何，难以作出准确的评估。 - The international labor office publishes the following statistics.
国际劳工部公布了下面的统计。 - Next to the expense of cashiers, pricing items is one of the costliest labor costs of grocery retailers.
对食品杂货零售商来说，给货物贴价签也是劳动力成本中最为昂贵的一个部分，仅次于雇佣收银员的费用。 - The signs of labor are contractions and rupture of membranes.
分娩的症状是宫缩和羊膜破裂。 - Management and labor are dickering over pay, benefits and working conditions
劳资双方在薪水、福利和工作条件的问题上争执不下。 - The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday
因庆祝劳工节，这个交易日交易时间缩短了。