labor
- n.劳动, 工作;工会;工人, 劳工;工人阶级, 体力劳动者;努力;活计, 劳动果实;分娩;（分娩时的）阵痛;英国工党
- v.使疲倦, 使厌烦;使辛勤地劳动(或工作);劳动, 工作;努力争取(for);苦干;(船)前后左右颠簸, 浪中挣扎;苦恼, 痛苦;过分精工制作, 过分详尽阐述;分娩;误以为, 为……所蒙蔽;详细分析（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转;<古><诗>耕作(土地)
- adj.劳工的;工会的;劳动条件的;劳资关系的
labornoun
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- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- his labor did not require a great deal of skill
- Synonym: labour toil
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- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- he prepared for great undertakings
- Synonym: undertaking project task
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- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
- Synonym: labour working class proletariat
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- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- Synonym: labor movement trade union movement
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- concluding state of pregnancy;from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- she was in labor for six hours
- Synonym: parturiency labour confinement lying-in travail childbed
verb
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- undergo the efforts of childbirth
- Synonym: labour
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- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- She tugged for years to make a decent living
- We have to push a little to make the deadline!
- She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
- Synonym: tug labour push drive
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- work hard
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
- Synonym: labour toil fag travail grind drudge dig moil
数据来源：WordNet
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Land , labor and capital are all productive of wealth .
土地、劳动和资本都能创造财富。
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Actors go through the motions of different types of labor .
演员们假装从事不同的劳动。
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The company says it is in full compliance with US labor laws
这家公司说自己严格遵守美国的各项劳工法。
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The current division of labor between workers and management will alter .
当前工人与管理部门的分工将会改变。
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The Labor government of Western Australia has an election due next spring
西澳大利亚工党政府明年春天要举行选举。
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We have to balance good labor relations against the need to cut costs .
我们要在搞好劳资关系与削减开支之间保持平衡。
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It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action .
此次罢工影响几何，难以作出准确的评估。
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We 've got stable labor , decreasing interest rates , low oil prices .
我们拥有稳定的劳力、不断降低的利率以及低廉的石油价格。
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Each box requires no more than a few hours of labor to build
做成一个盒子不超过几个小时。
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Management and labor are dickering over pay , benefits and working conditions
劳资双方在薪水、福利和工作条件的问题上争执不下。
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They also hammered away at Labor 's plans to raise taxes .
他们还不断谈到工党的增税计划。
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The Labor Department figures underscore the shaky state of the economic recovery
劳工部的数据进一步印证了经济复苏状况的不稳定。
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The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday
因庆祝劳工节，这个交易日交易时间缩短了。
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The British Labor Party concludes its annual conference today in Brighton .
英国工党的年度会议今天在布赖顿闭幕。
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We observe a striking shift away from a labor theory among all mainline economists
我们发现在主流经济学家中间出现了一种偏离劳动理论的显著变化。
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Each family farms individually and reaps the benefit of its labor
各家经营各自的农场，收获各自的劳动成果。
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This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country .
这一集体谈判原则已经成为该国劳动关系的重要基础。
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The government revoked her husband 's license to operate migrant labor crews .
政府撤销了她丈夫管理外来打工人群的许可证。
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Labor economist Harley Shaekin argues the cost needs to be viewed in perspective
工党经济学家哈利·谢金认为要客观看待成本。
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Next to the expense of cashiers , pricing items is one of the costliest labor costs of grocery retailers .
对食品杂货零售商来说，给货物贴价签也是劳动力成本中最为昂贵的一个部分，仅次于雇佣收银员的费用。
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Labor productivity is calculated by added value at current price .
社会劳动生产率按现价增加值计算。
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The laboring people tried their best to dam the river .
劳动人民尽最大努力筑堤防洪。
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Most manual labor in the past has been replaced by modern machines .
昔日大部分手工劳动已由现代化的机器所代替。
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The international labor office publishes the following statistics .
国际劳工部公布了下面的统计。
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He is a consultant on labor affairs to the mayor .
他是市长的一个劳工顾问。
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No matter how we define him , he cannot in anyway be related to as a labor people .
讲来讲去就是和劳动人民四个字沾不到边。
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The signs of labor are contractions and rupture of membranes .
分娩的症状是宫缩和羊膜破裂。
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The labor party went out in1980 .
工党于1980年下野。
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He earns a living by casual labor .
他靠做临时工为生。
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In america 's ideal of freedom , citizens find the dignity and security of economic independence , instead of laboring on the edge of subsistence .
在美国的自由理想中，公民们发现了经济独立带来的尊严和保障，而不是徘徊在生存边缘的辛苦劳作。