音标:['leibә] ;
n. 劳动, 努力, 工作, 劳工, 分娩
vi. 劳动, 努力, 苦干
vt. 详细分析, 使厌烦
n. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
n. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
v. work hard
词型变化:名词复数形式 : labors ; 现在分词 : laboring ; 过去式 : labored ; 第三人称单数 : labors ; 过去分词 : labored
考试类型:[考研]
词性分布:
名词93%
动词7%

labor的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The country is short of skilled labor.这个国家缺乏熟练工人。
  2. He is a member of the Labor Party.他是一名工党党员。
  3. 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。
  4. Their labor efficiency is very high.他们的工作效率很高。
  5. There is a clear division of labor in ants.蚂蚁间有明确的分工。
  6. He was in anguish while his wife was in labor.妻子分娩时,他感到很痛苦。
  7. 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.)
  1. 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。
  2. Genius is the power to labor better and more availably.天才就是更好、更有效的劳动。
  3. We must labor for a better future.我们应为更加美好的未来而努力。
  4. 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.)
  1. The intent is to limit the entry of immigrant labor.目的是限制移民劳工的进入。
  2. 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。
  3. I'm a strong believer in the dignity of labor.我深信劳动的尊严。
  4. 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。

词汇搭配

  • day labor计日工
  • labor along艰难地前进
  • labor on继续工作
  • labor under苦于(认为)
  • casual labor临时工
  • difficult labor难产
  • compulsory labor强制劳动
  • delayed labor逾期分娩, 过期分娩...
  • corvee labor徭役劳动
  • abstract labor[经] 抽象劳动...
  • labor one's way参照 way
  • child labor童工
  • artificial labor人工引产
  • clerical labor[经] 抄写人工...
  • direct labor直接人工
  • complicated labor复杂劳动
  • abnormal labor异常分娩,分娩异常...
  • clearing labor票据交换工
  • contract labor限定雇主劳工...
  • bound labor约定奴工
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