labour /ˈleɪbə/ CET4 TEM4 ( labouring, laboured, labours )

AM labor

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Labour is very hard work, usually physical work. 劳动 [also N in pl]

  例：

  ...the labour of hauling the rocks away.

  …拖走这些岩石的劳动。

• 2. 

  V-I Someone who labours works hard using their hands. 艰苦劳动

  例：

  ...he will be labouring 14 hundred metres below ground.

  …他将在地下1400米处艰苦劳动。

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I If you labour to do something, you do it with difficulty. 艰难地工作

  例：

  Scientists laboured for months to unravel the mysteries of Neptune and still remain baffled.

  科学家们为揭开海王星之谜艰难地工作了数月，但依然迷惑不解。

  例：

  We're labouring under an unfair disadvantage.

  我们在不公平的劣势下艰难地工作。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT Labour is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group. (总称) 劳工

  例：

  We have a problem of skilled labour.

  我们缺少熟练工。

  例：

  Employers want cheap labour and consumers want cheap houses.

  雇主需要廉价的劳动力，消费者需要便宜的房子。

• 5. 

  N-UNCOUNT The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as their labour. 工作

  例：

  He exhibits a profound humility in the low rates he pays himself for his labour.

  他给自己工作支付的低工资展现了他极度的谦逊。

• 6. 

  N-UNCOUNT Labour is the last stage of pregnancy, in which the baby is gradually pushed out of the womb by the mother. 分娩

  例：

  Her labour had lasted ten hours before the doctor arranged a Caesarean section.

  她的分娩持续了10个小时后，医生才给她安排了剖腹产手术。