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。
• This must please Egypt, whose tiring labours at this task may at last bear fruit.
  这肯定让埃及感到满意，他那令人厌倦的对这个任务的研究终于奏效了。
• 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。
• Resume work, efforts, labours, etc.
  重新开始工作、努力、劳动等。
• I leave you to your military labours.
  我不打搅你的军事研究了。
• We paid him well in consideration of his labours.
  我们给他优厚的工资作为他的劳动报酬。
• But while the 74-year-old's efforts draw compliments from friends and complete strangers, Joe will never see the fruits of his labours-he is completely blind.
  然而尽管这位74岁老人的努力得到了朋友甚至是陌生人的赞叹，乔永远都看不到自己劳动的果实他完全失明了。
• This compilation seems a never-ending task; I sometimes wonder if I'll live to see the fruits of my labours.
  这项编写工作看来遥遥无期，我有时会想我不知道能否少着看到我的劳动成果。
• Capitals still pat labours on the back-with an axe.
  资本家还在拍劳动者的肩膀&用一把斧头。
• 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。