labour

labour
(美，澳 labor)
noun
[mass noun]
  1. work, especially hard physical work
    劳动（尤指重体力劳动）
    the price of repairs includes labour, parts, and VAT.
    维修费包括人工、零件和增值税。
    manual labour.
    体力劳动。
    ■workers, especially manual workers, considered collectively
    （总称）劳动者，劳工
    non-union casual labour.
    非工会的临时工人。
    ■such workers considered as a social class or political force
    劳工阶级，工人阶级
    [as modifier]the labour movement.
    工人运动。
    ■[as modifier](Labour)a department of government concerned with a nation's workforce
    （政府的）劳工部门
    the post of Labour Secretary.
    劳工部部长的职位。
  2. (Labour)[treated as sing. or pl.]the Labour Party
    工党
  3. the process of childbirth, especially the period from the start of uterine contractions to delivery
    分娩
    a woman in labour.
    产妇。
adjective
  1. (Labour)of, relating to, or supporting the Labour Party
    （有关）工党的，支持工党的
    the Labour leader.
    工党领袖。
verb
[no obj.]
  1. work hard; make great effort
    苦干，努力
    they laboured from dawn to dusk in two shifts.
    他们分两班从黎明苦干到黄昏。
    it now looks as if the reformers had laboured in vain.
    现在看来改革者的努力似乎白费了。
    ■work at an unskilled manual occupation
    从事非技术性体力工作
    he was eking out an existence by labouring.
    他做体力活来维持生存。
    [as adj. labouring]the labouring classes.
    劳动阶层。
    ■[with obj.](archaic)till (the ground)
    (古)耕（地）
    the land belonged to him who laboured it.
    耕者有其田。
    ■have difficulty in doing something despite working hard
    干得吃力
    Coleraine laboured against confident opponents.
    科勒莱恩吃力地招架着自信的对手。
    ■(of an engine) work noisily and with difficulty
    （引擎）发噪声费力地运转
    the wheels churned, the engine labouring.
    轮子剧烈摇动，发动机费力地大声运转着。
    ■[with adverbial of direction]move or proceed with trouble or difficulty
    费力地移动（或前进）
    they laboured up a steep, tortuous track.
    他们顺着陡峭、曲折的小路费力地前进。
    ■(of a ship) roll or pitch heavily
    （船）颠簸摇晃
常用词组
a labour of Hercules
  1. 见 Hercules
a labour of love
  1. a task done for pleasure, not reward
    心甘情愿做的工作
labour the point
  1. explain or discuss something at excessive or unnecessary length
    不厌其烦地解释（或讨论）
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French labour (noun), labourer (verb), both from Latin labor 'toil, trouble'
继承用法
labour under
  1. carry (a very heavy load or object) with difficulty
    费力地搬（重物）
  2. be deceived or misled by (a mistaken belief)
    被（错误想法）蒙蔽（或误导）
    you've been labouring under a bit of a misapprehension.
    你被一点点误会蒙蔽了。
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