英式：[?le?b?r]
美式：[?leb?]

n.工人；勞工；工作；分娩；勞力

v.苦干；勞動；致力于；過分詳盡闡述

adj.勞工的；勞動的

用作名詞 (n.)

The country is short of skilled labor. 這個(gè)國家缺乏熟練工人。

He is a member of the Labor Party. 他是一名工黨黨員。

The cardinal idea of the Labor Party's political thought is that all people should be equal. 工黨政治思想的要點(diǎn)是人人平等。

Their labor efficiency is very high. 他們的工作效率很高。

There is a clear division of labor in ants. 螞蟻間有明確的分工。

It takes a lot of labor to build a railway. 修筑一條鐵路要花費(fèi)許多勞動力。

用作動詞 (v.)

They figured why should they labor when there was no payoff. 他們認(rèn)為沒有回報(bào)為何要去努力工作。

Genius is the power to labor better and more availably. 天才就是更好、更有效的勞動。

We must labor for a better future. 我們應(yīng)為更加美好的未來而努力。

You needn't labor a point that is perfectly plain. 這點(diǎn)很明顯，你用不著講個(gè)沒完。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

The intent is to limit the entry of immigrant labor. 目的是限制移民勞工的進(jìn)入。

Not long ago, the sight of a Labor government bowing to demands from bosses and opening the gates to foreign workers would have produced howls of anguish from unions. 不久前，工黨政府的觀點(diǎn)因企業(yè)老板對勞工的需求而得到轉(zhuǎn)變，對外國勞工大開國門的做法還會引發(fā)工會怒氣紛紛。

I'm a strong believer in the dignity of labor. 我深信勞動的尊嚴(yán)。

The mill where we often labor is a paper mill. 我們常在那里勞動的工廠是一個(gè)造紙廠。

collaborate

vi.合作；通敵

elaborate

adj.詳盡的；復(fù)雜的；精心的；精美的

v.詳細(xì)地說明；用心制作；推敲；變得復(fù)雜

laboratory

n.實(shí)驗(yàn)室

laborer

n.勞動者；勞工

=labourer（英）.

collaboratively

adv.合作地

labors

n.工人；勞工；工作；分娩；勞力

v.苦干；勞動；致力于；過分詳盡闡述

adj.勞工的；勞動的