labour
(US labor), / ˈleɪbə(r); `lebɚ/ n
1 [U] physicalor mental work （体力或脑力）劳动: manual labour 手工劳动
Workers are paid for their labour. 工作的人按劳获得报酬.
2 [C usu pl 通常作复数]
task; piece of work 任务; 工作
tired after one's labours 工作後感到疲劳. =>Usage at work1 用法见work1.
3 [U] workers as a group or class, esp as contrasted with capital, management, etc 劳动阶级; 劳工
skilled/unskilled labour 熟练工人[非熟练工人]
[attrib 作定语]
labour relations, ie between workers and employers 劳资关系
labour leaders, ie trade union leaders 工会领导人.
4 [U, sing] contractions of the womb during the process of childbirth （分娩时的）阵痛, 阵痛期
begin, go into, be in labour 开始、 进入、 处於阵痛期
She had a difficult labour. 她难产.
[attrib 作定语]
a labour ward, ie a set of rooms in a hospital for childbirth 产房.
5 Labour (abbr 缩写 Lab) (Brit politics 政) [Gp]
the Labour Party 工党
[attrib 作定语]
the Labour vote 工党选票
Labour supporters 工党拥护者.
6 (idm 习语) a ,labour of `Hercules task needing great strength or effort 极艰巨的工作. a ,labour of `love task done out of enthusiasm or devotion, not from necessity or for profit 为爱好而做的工作. labour (US labor) / ˈleɪbə(r); `lebɚ/ v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, It]
work or try hard 劳动; 工作; 努力
labour on/at a task 努力做某项工作
I've been labouring (away) over a hot stove all morning. 我一上午都在热炉前忙个不停.
He laboured to finish the job on time. 他努力按时完成了任务.
2
(a) [I, Ipr, It]
do sth only with difficulty and effort 吃力地做某事物
The old man laboured up the hillside. 老人吃力地登山.
The ship laboured through the rough seas. 船在波涛汹涌的海上挣扎前行.
labouring to breathe 吃力地呼吸.
(b) [I] (of an engine) work slowly and with difficulty （指发动机）工作缓慢而费力
You should change gear the engine's starting to labour. 你该换挡了--发动机有些吃不住劲了.
3 (idm 习语) `labour the point continue to repeat or explain sth that has already been said and understood 一再重复或解释已经说过的或已为人明白的事情
Your argument was clear to us from the start there's no need to labour the point. 你的论点一开头我们就清楚了--没必要一再重复.
4 (phr v) labour under sth (fml 文)
(a) suffer because of (a disadvantage or difficulty) 因（不利或困难）而苦恼; 苦於
people labouring under the handicaps of ignorance and superstition 为愚昧和迷信所苦的人们.
(b) be deceived or misled by sth 被某事物蒙蔽或误导
He labours under the delusion that he's a fine actor. 他有个错觉, 以为自己是个好演员.