labour

labour
['leɪbə(r)] 1. = labor; n; u
1) (hard work) 劳动 [láodòng]

the culmination of fifteen months' labour — 15个月劳动的终结

2) (manpower) 劳动力 [láodònglì]

a shortage of skilled labour — 熟练劳动力的缺乏

3) (IND) (work done by work force) 工作 [gōngzuò]

They are threatening a withdrawal of labour. — 他们威胁要撤回完成的工作。

4) (MED) 分娩 [fēnmiǎn]
5)

* Labour — (Labour Party) 工党 [Gōngdǎng]

2. adj

* Labour — [+ politician, voter] 工党 [Gōngdǎng]

3. vi

* to labour to do sth — 不辞辛劳地做某事 [bùcí xīnláo de zuò mǒushì]

4. vt

* to labour a point — 一再重复 [yīzài chóngfù]

* to labour under a delusion/an illusion — 抱着错觉不放

* to be in labour — (MED) 处于阵痛期

* to vote Labour — 投工党的票


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