labour
- IPA[ˈleɪbə(r)]
美式
英式
- 勞動；勞工
- 勞動力的; 勞資的; 工會的
- 努力；費力地做; 緩慢運轉
- 釋義
- 同反義
名詞
- 1. 勞動 manual labour 體力勞動 the division of labour 分工
- 2. 勞工 cheap labour 廉價勞動力 skilled/unskilled labour 熟練／非熟練工人
- 3. 分娩 to go into or begin labour 開始分娩 to be in labour 正在分娩
修飾詞 (modification)
- 1. 勞動力的; 勞資的; 工會的 the graduate labour market is changing 畢業生就業市場正在發生變化
不及物動詞
- 1. 努力 he's been labouring at or over the report since Wednesday 自星期三以來他一直忙著寫這份報告 to labour to do sth. 努力做某事
- 2. 費力地做; 緩慢運轉 he was labouring to breathe 他吃力地呼吸著 the car laboured up the hill 這輛車費力地爬上了山
同義詞
1. work, especially physical work
2. workers, especially manual workers, considered collectively
- workers
- , employees
- , workmen
- , workforce
- , staff
- , working people
- , blue-collar workers
- , hands
- , labourers
- , labour force
- , hired hands
- , proletariat
- , wage-earners
- , manpower
- , human resources
- , personnel
- , liveware
3. the process of childbirth from the start of uterine contractions to delivery
- childbirth
- , birth
- , birthing
- , delivery
- , nativity
- , contractions
- , labour pains
- , labour pangs
- , labour throes
- , parturition
- , confinement
- , accouchement
- , lying-in
- , childbed
- , travail
4. work hard; make great effort
- work (hard)
- , toil
- , slave (away)
- , grub away
- , plod away
- , grind away
- , sweat away
- , struggle
- , strive
- , exert oneself
- , overwork
- , work one's fingers to the bone
- , work like a Trojan/dog/slave
- , keep one's nose to the grindstone
- , slog away
- , kill oneself
- , plug away
- , put one's back into something
- , peg away
- , graft
- , drudge
- , travail
- , moil
5. have difficulty in doing something despite working hard
- strive
- , struggle
- , endeavour
- , work
- , try hard
- , make every effort
- , do one's best
- , do one's utmost
- , do all one can
- , give (it/something) one's all
- , go all out
- , fight
- , push
- , be at pains
- , put oneself out
- , apply oneself
- , exert oneself
- , bend/fall/lean over backwards
- , give it one's best shot
- , pull out all the stops
反義詞
「1. workers, especially manual workers, considered collectively」的反義字
「2. work hard; make great effort」的反義字
