复合形式：
labour | Labour | labor |
child labor (US),
child labour (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (children: forced working) | 童工
tóng gōng |
| | Child labor is still prevalent in some Third World countries. |
| collective labour agreement nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (contract between employer and union) | 集体劳动合同
jí tǐ láo dòng hé tóng |
| | Union members have voted to go on strike because their employer refuses to honor the collective labour agreement that they signed last month. |
direct labor (US),
direct labour (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (production work) | 直接劳动
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| | | 直接人工
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division of labor,
UK: division of labour nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | US (delegation of tasks) | 分工
fēn gōng |
| | Assembly lines are extreme examples of division of labor. |
| forced-labour camp nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (concentration camp, work camp) | 强制劳动营
qiáng zhì láo dòng yíng |
| | The Siberian gulags were forced-labor camps for political dissidents. |
| ILO nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | initialism (International Labour Organization) | 国际劳工组织
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| 备注: The ILO is a United Nations agency. |
International Labour Organization,
also US: International Labor Organization nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (UN work agency) | 国际劳动组织
guó jì láo dòng zǔ zhī |
| | The International Labour Organization, or ILO, seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. |
labor (US),
labour (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (hard work) (辛勤的) | 劳动，劳作
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| | Only dedicated labor will make this project successful. |
| | 只有辛勤劳作才能让这个项目获得成功。 |
labor,
UK: labour nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | US (childbirth) | 分娩
fēn miǎn |
| | | 生产
shēng chǎn |
| | Megan's labor lasted only two hours before the baby was delivered. |
labor (US),
labour (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | uncountable (workers) (总称) | 工人，劳工，劳动力
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| | The factory will need to hire more labor to fill these orders. |
| | 工厂需要雇佣更多工人，才能完成这些订单。 |
labor,
UK: labour viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | US (do hard work) | 努力地干
nǔ lì de gàn |
| | | 辛勤劳作
xīn qín láo zuò |
| | Medieval peasants spent their whole lives laboring. |
labor (US),
labour (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (work) | 劳动
láo dòng |
| | | 工作
gōng zuò |
| | This project represents several days' labour. |
| | 这个项目需要几天的工作量。 |
labor to do [sth] (US),
labour to do [sth] (UK) v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (work to achieve [sth]) | 努力工作以实现
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| | | 努力做到
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| | All the translators labor to make the dictionary as good as possible. |
| | 所有翻译一同努力，让字典尽量最好。 |
labor against [sth] (US),
labour against [sth] (UK) vi + prep | (work to prevent) | 努力防止
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| | We must continue to labor against this discrimination. |
labor camp,
UK: labour camp nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | US (enforced work camp) | 劳改所
láo gǎi suǒ |
| | The government sent Maisky to a labour camp in Siberia. |
labor contract (US),
labour contract (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (employment agreement) | 劳动合同
láo dòng hé tóng |
| | The teachers are hoping to negotiate a more equitable labor contract this year. |
labor costs (US),
labour costs (UK) nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | (cost of paying workers) | 人工成本，劳动力成本
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| | The company tried to reduce labor costs by employing unskilled staff. |
labor force,
UK: labour force nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | US (workforce: employable people) (美式拼写) | 劳动力
láo dòng lì |
| | The size of the labor force increases when school closes for the summer. |
labor intensive,
labor-intensive (US),
labour intensive,
labour-intensive (UK) adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (involving hard work) | 工作非常辛劳的
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| 备注: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
labor intensive,
labor-intensive (US),
labour intensive,
labour-intensive (UK) adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (involving much work) | 劳动密集型的
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labor law (US),
labour law (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (law: to protect workers) | 劳动法
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labor market (US),
labour market (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (available employees) | 劳务市场
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| | | 劳动力市场
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labor pains (US),
labour pains (UK) nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | (childbirth: contractions) | 分娩的阵痛
fēn miǎn de zhèn tòng |
| | Rosemary suffered severe labour pains as she was giving birth. |
labor relations (US),
labour relations (UK) nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | (worker-employer relationship) | 劳资关系
láo zī guān xì |
| | Labor relations are difficult if workers can be fired at any time for cause, or for no reason at all. |
labor the point (US),
labour the point (UK) v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (belabor) | 过分详尽地阐述
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| | | 过分多说
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| | The lawyer labored the point excessively. |
labor under [sth] (US),
labour under [sth] (UK) vi + prep | used in expressions (mistakenly believe) | 被…所蒙蔽
bèi … suǒ méng bì |
| 备注: Commonly followed by: the illusion, the misapprehension, a mistaken belief, etc. |
| | The company is labouring under the illusion that it can take shortcuts to get the results it wants. |
labor union (US),
labour union (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (trade union, syndicate) | 工会
gōng huì |
| | The labor unions were created to protect workers from unfair working conditions. |
laborsaving,
labor-saving (US),
labour-saving (UK) adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (designed to make a job easier) | 节省劳力的
jié shěng láo lì de |
| | | 省力气的
shěng lì qì de |
| | | 省工的
shěng gōng de |
| Labour Party member nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | UK (British politics) | 工党成员
gōng dǎng chéng yuán |
| | I have been a Labour Party member for 10 years. |
manual labor (US),
manual labour (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (work carried out by hand) | 体力劳动
tǐ lì láo dòng |
| | | 人力劳动
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| | | 人力操作
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| | Although machines are used to produce most goods, repairing them is still done mostly by manual labor. |
materials and labor (US),
materials and labour (UK) nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." | (basic costs of a project) | 人力物力
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| | | 人工和材料
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| | The materials and labor involved with the Golden Gate Bridge project were enormous. |
organized labor (US),
organized labour,
organised labour (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (workers belonging to a union) (总称) | 加入工会的工人，工会会员
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| | Economists have long debated the impact of organized labour on workplace productivity. |
slave labor (US),
slave labour (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (slavery, enforced work) (总称) | 奴隶，苦力
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| | | 奴隶劳动，苦役
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| | Many of the greatest monuments were built by slave labor. |
slave labor (US),
slave labour (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (low-paid work) | 繁重而报酬微薄的工作
fán zhòng ér bào chóu wēi bó de gōng zuò |
| | For many, working in a fast food restaurant is slave labor. It may be slave labor, but at least it's a job. |
unskilled labor (US),
unskilled labour (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (work requiring no training) | 粗活
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| | | 不需要专门技能的工作
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unskilled labor (US),
unskilled labour (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (workforce doing untrained jobs) | 非熟练工
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| | | 粗活工人
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