labour是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)International Labour Organization国际劳工组织

(2)a pool of labour大量劳动力

(3)a labour of love为爱好而做的困难工作

(4)labour the point一再重复, 反复解释(已说明的事)

(5)labour force劳动力

(6)division of labour劳动分工

(7)hard labour劳役

(8)labour exchange就业服务中心

(9)labour camp劳动营

(10)lost labour徒劳

(11)stoop labour农业劳动；农活

(12)child labour童工雇用

(13)labour union工会

(14)slave labour奴役；苦役；奴隶；苦工

(15)labour under费力地搬；被（错误想法）蒙蔽

(16)free labour不属于工会的工人的劳动

(17)labour theory of value劳动价值论

(18)direct labour生产工人；直接劳动力

(19)labour ward产房

(20)migrant labour system流动劳工体制

(21)labour brigade劳动队

(22)labour department劳动部门；劳动司；劳动局

(23)in labour在分娩中

(24)labour protection劳动保护；劳工保护

(25)skilled labour熟练的劳动力；熟练的工人

(26)manual labour体力劳动

(27)labour cost劳动成本；劳工成本；劳力成本

(28)unskilled labour非熟练的劳动；小工

(29)surplus labour剩余劳动力；剩余劳动

(30)migrant labour移民劳工；流动劳动人口；农民工；外来劳动力

(31)physical labour体力劳动

(32)international labour day国际劳动节；劳动节

(33)labour transfer劳动力转换

(34)use labour使用人力

(35)labour point重复……观点

双语例句

(1)The new factory plans to recruit labours from the countryside.

这家新工厂计划招募农村来的工人。

(2)The money is a just reward for your labour.

这些钱是对你的劳动的应有报酬。

(3)These workers have laboured for ten hours and need to stop and rest.

这些工人已经劳作了十个小时，需要停下来休息了。

(4)Labour is ahead in the poll.

工党的得票数领先。

(5)She belongs to the Labour Party.

她是工党党员。

(6)Labour swept to victory in 2001.

工党在2001年轻松取胜。

(7)Jane was in labour for ten hours.

简分娩花了十个小时。

(8)Voting showed a 10% swing to Labour.

投票显示10%的人转而支持工党。

同义词

n. 劳动力，人工；分娩

vi. 劳动；分娩；费力地前进

同根词

词根 labor

(1)labored adj. 吃力的；费劲的；不自然的v. 工作；劳动；分娩（labor的过去分词）

(2)laboring adj. 劳动的n. 劳动；操劳

(3)laboured adj. 吃力的；缓慢的；矫揉造作的v. 干苦力活（labour的过去分词）

(4)labouring adj. 劳动的；费劲的n. 劳动v. 劳动；努力；为…所苦恼；艰难地行进（labour的ing形式）

(5)laboriously adv. 辛苦地；费力地；不流畅地

(6)labor n. 劳动；工作；劳工；分娩vi. 劳动；努力；苦干vt. 详细分析；使厌烦

(7)laborer n. 劳动者；工人

(8)labourer n. 劳动者；劳工

释义

n.

work, especially hard physical work

劳动（尤指重体力劳动）

the price of repairs includes labour, parts, and VAT

修理价格包括人工、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.

非工会会员的临时工人。

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。

( Labour)[treated as sing. or pl.]the Labour Party

工党。

the process of childbirth, especially the period from the start of uterine contractions to delivery

分娩

a woman in labour.

产妇。

adj.

( 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。

v.

work hard; make great effort

苦干，努力

they laboured from dawn to dusk in two shifts

他们分两班从早干到晚

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

他靠做体力活糊口

[as adj. labouring]the labouring classes.

劳工阶层。

[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

勉为其难地苦干；干得吃力但仍难应付

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）发着噪声费力地运转

the wheels churned, the engine labouring.

轮子剧烈摇动，发动机费力并轰隆轰隆地运转着。

[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。

短语

a labour of Hercules 见HERCULES. a labour of love a task done for pleasure, not reward 只求乐趣不计报酬的工作

labour the point explain or discuss something at excessive or unnecessary length 啰唆地解释（或讨论）

短语动词

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

类似拼写词

labour n. 劳动；工党；分娩；劳工；工人阶级；劳动者；劳工阶级；劳工部门

labor n. 劳动；劳工；工党；分娩

词源

"Middle English： from Old French labour （noun）, labourer （verb）, both from Latin labor ‘toil, trouble’."

考纲分布

近6年出现3次

重要程度: 4星

100%; n/v 劳动力; 劳动

考纲释义

( 1)n/v. 劳动力; 劳动

英文释义：physical or mental exertion

真题例句：

During my first year, I went to the beach for the Labour Day holiday.

在我的第一年，我去海滩度过了五一假期。[2021年 桂林市卷 完形填空]

Greek people celebrate Labour Day on 1st May, and it is also a festival to celebrate the beginning of summer.

希腊人在5月1日庆祝劳动节，这天也是庆祝立夏的节日。[2021年 桂林市卷 完形填空]

必考短语

(1)Labour Day劳动节

考纲分布

近9年出现6次

重要程度: 4星

33%; n 劳动者; 劳工

33%; n 劳动

17%; n 分娩

17%; v 苦干; 努力

0%; n (Labour)工党

考纲释义

( 1)n. 劳动者; 劳工

真题例句：

More productive farmers meant there was a surplus that could feed cities; in turn, that created a pool of labour for factories.

高产的农民越多意味着有过剩的粮食供给城市；反过来，这又为工厂创造了大量的劳动力。[2017年 CET4 阅读理解]

Mr. Somavia says the International Labour Organization is proposing a global job's agreement to deal with unemployment.

索马维亚先生说，国际劳工组织正在拟定一项全球就业协议来解决失业问题。[2016年 CET4 听力]

What does Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Organization say?

国际劳工组织总干事胡安·索马维亚(Juan Somavia)怎么说？[2016年 CET4 听力]

( 2)n. 劳动

( 3)n. 分娩

( 4)v. 苦干; 努力

( 5)n. (Labour)工党

必考短语

(1)International Labour Organization国际劳工组织

(2)a pool of labour大量劳动力

考纲分布

近9年出现4次

重要程度: 4星

50%; n/adj (Labor)工党

50%; n/v 劳动力; 劳动

考纲释义

( 1)n/adj. (Labor)工党

英文释义：the political party in Great Britain that believes in social equality, a more equal sharing out of wealth, and the rights of workers

真题例句：

But that isn't why the government-under pressure from cancer charities, health workers and the Labour party-has agreed to legislate for standardized packaging.

但这并不是政府在癌症慈善机构、卫生工作者和工党的压力下，同意为标准化的包装立法的原因。[2016年 CET6 阅读理解]

MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the power to regulate for plain packaging.

国会议员在去年2月以压倒性优势投票赞成工党对儿童和家庭法案的修正案，其中包括对普通包装的监管权力。[2016年 CET6 阅读理解]

( 2)n/v. 劳动力; 劳动

英文释义：physical or mental exertion

真题例句：

Leisure, thus conceived, is hard labour, and returning to work becomes a well-earned break from the ordeal.

如此看来，休闲是一项艰苦的劳动，而重返工作岗位则是从苦难中解脱出来的应有的休息。[2020年 CET6 阅读理解]

考纲分布

近16年出现12次

重要程度: 4星

83%; n/adj (Labor)工党

17%; n/v 劳动力; 劳动

0%; v 努力做

考纲释义

( 1)n/adj. (Labor)工党

英文释义：the political party in Great Britain that believes in social equality, a more equal sharing out of wealth, and the rights of workers

真题例句：

Labour triumphs over status.

工党战胜了地位。[2020年 英语一 阅读理解A]

Labour likewise wants to discontinue local planning where councils oppose development.

工党同样希望停止地方议会反对发展的地方规划。[2016年 英语一 阅读理解A]

Labour is under attack for opposing development.

工党因反对发展而受到抨击。[2016年 英语一 阅读理解A]

( 2)n/v. 劳动力; 劳动

英文释义：physical or mental exertion

真题例句：

Efforts to resolve the skills mismatch in Canada have driven up labour costs.

加拿大努力解决技能不匹配的问题，这抬高了劳动力成本。[2021年 英语二 阅读理解A]

Labour is provided free in exchange for the hope of status, while huge profits are made by a few big firms who run the market places.

劳动力是免费提供的，以换取获得地位的希望，而巨额利润则由少数经营市场的大公司获得。[2020年 英语一 阅读理解A]

( 3)v. 努力做

真题例句：

The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a piano and radio.

20世纪下半叶，一群天才、企业家和有远见的人努力创造了一台可以用作钢琴和收音机的神话般的机器。[2012年 英语一 阅读理解B]

必考短语

(1)labour to do努力做