adj.省工的;節(jié)省勞力的;減輕勞動的
=labour-saving(英).
The increase in their profits is due partly to their steady production of labor saving devices. 他們利潤增長的部分原因是由于源源不斷生產(chǎn)出節(jié)省勞力的器具。
What aids there were to lighten labor were immemorial, like the mill, which was already ancient in Chaucer's time. 那些幫助減輕勞動的機械都不知從哪個年代就有了,比如磨坊,在喬叟的時代就已經(jīng)是古老的了,而工業(yè)革命就是從這些機械開始的。