labours

英 [ˈleɪbəz]

美 [ˈleɪbərz]

v.  努力做(困难的事); 干苦力活; 困难吃力地行进
labour的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 labor


• See also:...the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting...The chef at the barbecue looked up from his labours; he was sweating.hard labour
• VERB （用手）劳动
  Someone wholaboursworks hard using their hands.
  1. ...peasants labouring in the fields...
     在地里劳作的农民
  2. Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years.
     她丈夫在厂里辛勤工作了17年。
• VERB 艰苦地做；吃力地做
  If youlabour todo something, you do it with difficulty.
  1. For twenty-five years now he has laboured to build a religious community.
     他呕心沥血地建立一个宗教社区，至今已有25个年头。
  2. ...a young man who's labouring under all kinds of other difficulties.
     在其他各种困难下艰苦工作的小伙子
• N-UNCOUNT （总称）劳工，工人
  Labouris used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group.
  1. Latin America lacked skilled labour...
     拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。
  2. ...the struggle between capital and labour...
     劳资斗争
  3. They were cheap labour.
     他们是廉价劳工。
• N-UNCOUNT 劳动成果
  The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as theirlabour.
  1. Every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour...
     每个人的劳动成果都应该获得合理的回报。
  2. The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour — they have no power.
     失业者没法罢工——他们没有这种实力。
• N-PROPER-COLL （英国）工党
  In Britain, people useLabourto refer to theLabour Party.
  1. He believes that, historically, Labour has been most successful as the party that helped people get on in life...
     他相信一直以来工党在帮助人民改善生活方面表现最为出色。
  2. They all vote Labour.
     他们都投工党的票。
• ADJ 工党的；支持工党的
  ALabourpolitician or voter is a member of a Labour Party or votes for a Labour Party.
  1. ...a Labour MP...
     工党下院议员
  2. Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented.
     数以百万计的工党支持者没有议员代表。
• VERB 误以为；为…所蒙蔽
  If youlabour undera delusion or misapprehension, you continue to believe something which is not true.
  1. She laboured under the illusion that I knew what I was doing...
     她有一个错觉，以为我知道自己在做什么。
  2. You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions.
     你似乎存在相当大的误解。
• VERB 一再重申；反复说明
  If youlaboura point or an argument, you keep making the same point or saying the same thing, although it is unnecessary.
  1. I don't want to labour the point but there it is.
     我不想反复重申，但还是不得不说。
• N-UNCOUNT 分娩；临盆
  Labouris the last stage of pregnancy, in which the baby is gradually pushed out of the womb by the mother.
  1. I thought the pains meant I was going into labour.
     我还以为这些疼痛意味着我要生了呢。
  2. Some women prefer to move about during labour.
     有些女人喜欢在分娩期间下床走动。

双语例句

• We sat down to rest after our labours.
  我们苦干了一段时间以后，坐下来休息。
• The school labours under the disadvantage of not having enough textbooks.
  这所学校苦于课本不足的不利条件。
• The chef at the barbecue looked up from his labours; he was sweating.
  正在烧烤台上忙活的厨师抬起头来；他的脸上直冒汗。
• You have brought all my labours to naught.
  你已经使我的全部心血付之东流。
• He visited many places, in all of which he was received with the usual enthusiasm which attended his arduous labours.
  他访问了许多地方，到处受到对他的艰苦努力所一贯表示的热情欢迎。
• When the building was completed, he paid off the labours.
  大楼完工后，他就付了工资，把工人打发走了。
• I leave you to your military labours.
  我不打搅你的军事研究了。
• My uncle Tom labours under the disadvantage of not having got a son.
  我的汤姆叔叔苦苦在苦就苦在没有儿子。
• He labours under great difficulties in conversation, because he stutters.
  他谈起话来很吃力，因为他口吃。
• After their labours of Hercules, they have recently published the voluminous dictionary with the Commercial Press.
  经过异常艰巨的劳动，他们最近在商务印书馆出版了那部大部头词典。