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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 

考研BEC

BNC.17075 / COCA.1123

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英英释义

noun

verb

  • undergo the efforts of childbirth
      Synonym:labour
    1. 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:tuglabourpushdrive
    2. work hard
      1. She was digging away at her math homework
      2. Lexicographers drudge all day long
      Synonym:labourtoilfagtravailgrinddrudgedigmoil

    双语例句

    • 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。
    • 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。
    • Most manual labor in the past has been replaced by modern machines.
      昔日大部分手工劳动已由现代化的机器所代替。
    • Labor productivity is calculated by added value at current price.
      社会劳动生产率按现价增加值计算。
    • We have to balance good labor relations against the need to cut costs.
      我们要在搞好劳资关系与削减开支之间保持平衡。
    • 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 signs of labor are contractions and rupture of membranes.
      分娩的症状是宫缩和羊膜破裂。
    • The invention of all those machines by which labour is so much facilitated and abridged, seems to have been originally owing to the division of labor.
      简化劳动和节省劳动的那些机械的发明,看来也是起因于分工。
    • This can reduce the duplication of investment, time, and labor.
      这能减少资金投入、时间和劳动的重复。
    • He earns a living by casual labor.
      他靠做临时工为生。