词典释义：
work, especially hard physical work
劳动（尤指重体力劳动）
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the price of repairs includes labour, parts, and VAT 修理价格包括人工、零件和增值税
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manual labour .体力劳动。
workers, especially manual workers, considered collectively
［总称］劳动者，劳工
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non-union casual labour .非工会会员的临时工人。
such workers considered as a social class or political force
劳工阶级，工人阶级
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[as modifier]
the labour movement .工人运动。
[as modifier](
（政府的）劳工部门
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the post of Labour Secretary .劳工部部长的职位。
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工党。
the process of childbirth, especially the period from the start of uterine contractions to delivery
分娩
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a woman in labour.产妇。
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（有关）工党的，支持工党的
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the Labour leader .工党领袖。
work hard; make great effort
苦干，努力
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they laboured from dawn to dusk in two shifts 他们分两班从早干到晚
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it now looks as if the reformers had laboured in vain .现在看来改革者的努力似乎白费了。
work at an unskilled manual occupation
从事非技术性体力工作
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he was eking out an existence by labouring 他靠做体力活糊口
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[as adj.
labouring ]the labouring classes .劳工阶层。
[with obj.]
〈古〉 耕（地）
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the land belonged to him who laboured it .耕者有其田。
have difficulty in doing something despite working hard
勉为其难地苦干；干得吃力但仍难应付
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Coleraine laboured against confident opponents .科勒莱恩吃力地招架着自信的对手。
(of an engine)work noisily and with difficulty
（引擎）发着噪声费力地运转
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the wheels churned, the engine labouring .轮子剧烈摇动，发动机费力并轰隆轰隆地运转着。
[with adverbial of direction]move or proceed with trouble or difficulty
费力地移动（或前进）
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they laboured up a steep, tortuous track .他们顺着陡峭、曲折的小路费力地前进。
(of a ship)roll or pitch heavily
（船）颠簸摇晃。
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a labour of Hercules 见HERCULES. a labour of love a task done for pleasure, not reward 只求乐趣不计报酬的工作 -
labour the point explain or discuss something at excessive or unnecessary length 啰唆地解释（或讨论）
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labour under 1 carry （a very heavy load or object） with difficulty 费力地搬（重物） -
2 be deceived or misled by （a mistaken belief） 被（错误想法）蒙蔽（或误导）you've been labouring under a bit of a misapprehension . 你被一点点误会蒙蔽了
"Middle English： from Old French