labor

听听怎么读

英 ['leɪbə(r)]

美 [ˈlebɚ]

是什么意思

劳动；努力；工作；劳工

努力争取(for)；苦干；详细分析；

adj.

劳工的，工会的；（常大写）（英国或英联邦国家）工党的；

vi.

（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转；

变形

过去式：labored过去分词：labored现在分词：laboring第三人称单数：labors

英英释义

labor[ 'leibə ]

n.
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
  "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
  同义词：labourtoil
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
  "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
  同义词：labourworking classproletariat
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child
  "she was in labor for six hours"
  同义词：parturiencylabourconfinementlying-intravailchildbed
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
  同义词：labor movementtrade union movement
- a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries
  同义词：Labour PartyLabourLabor Party
- the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
  同义词：Department of LaborLabor DepartmentDoL
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  同义词：undertakingprojecttask
v.
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
  同义词：tuglabourpushdrive
- work hard
  同义词：labourtoilfagtravailgrinddrudgedigmoil
- undergo the efforts of childbirth
  同义词：labour

学习怎么用

词组短语

labor force劳动力

division of labor劳动力的分工

labor productivity劳动生产率

labor intensity劳动强度，劳力投入密集度

labor market劳动市场；劳工市场

labor contract n. 劳工合同

in labor临产，在分娩中

labor law劳动法

labor protection劳动保护

labor power劳动力

labor cost人工成本；工资；劳工成本

labor insurance n. 劳保

labor department劳动部；美国劳工部

labor dispute劳动争议；劳资纠纷

labor day劳动节

cheap labor廉价劳动

labor union（美）工会

labor party n. 工党（英国的）

manual labor体力劳动；手工

physical labor体力劳动；体能劳务

更多收起词组短语

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The country is short of skilled labor.
这个国家缺乏熟练工人。
He is a member of the Labor Party.
他是一名工党党员。
The cardinal idea of the Labor Party's political thought is that all people should be equal.
工党政治思想的要点是人人平等。
Their labor efficiency is very high.
他们的工作效率很高。
There is a clear division of labor in ants.
蚂蚁间有明确的分工。
He was in anguish while his wife was in labor.
妻子分娩时，他感到很痛苦。
It takes a lot of labor to build a railway.
修筑一条铁路要花费许多劳动力。

用作动词(v.)

They figured why should they labor when there was no payoff.
他们认为没有回报为何要去努力工作。
Genius is the power to labor better and more availably.
天才就是更好、更有效的劳动。
We must labor for a better future.
我们应为更加美好的未来而努力。
You needn't labor a point that is perfectly plain.
这点很明显，你用不着讲个没完。

用作形容词(adj.)

The intent is to limit the entry of immigrant labor.
目的是限制移民劳工的进入。
Not long ago, the sight of a Labor government bowing to demands from bosses and opening the gates to foreign workers would have produced howls of anguish from unions.
不久前，工党政府的观点因企业老板对劳工的需求而得到转变，对外国劳工大开国门的做法还会引发工会怒气纷纷。
I'm a strong believer in the dignity of labor.
我深信劳动的尊严。
The mill where we often labor is a paper mill.
我们常在那里劳动的工厂是一个造纸厂。

权威例句

Labor Contracts as Partial Gift Exchange
Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor Contracts.
A Model of Labor Migration and Urban Unemployment in Less Developed Countries
Male-Female Wage Differential in Urban Labor Markets
Male-Female Wage Differentials in Urban Labor Markets
The system of professions : an essay on the division of expert labor
The System of Professions: An Essay on the Division of Expert Labor by Andrew Abbott
Information Technology, Work Place Organization and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidenc
Information Technology, Workplace Organization, and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidence
Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination

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