labor
英 /ˈleɪbə/ 美 /ˈleɪbər/
- n. 劳动；劳动力work, especially physical work, or the workers who perform it
- v. 辛苦工作；努力做to work hard, often with considerable physical effort
- n. 分娩；产程the process of giving birth to a baby
Repairing the old fence took a full day of labor.
修理那道旧围栏花了整整一天的工夫。
Investment in automation can reduce labor costs, but governments must help displaced workers develop new skills.
投资自动化可以降低劳动力成本，但政府必须帮助失业工人培养新技能。
搭配
manual labor 体力劳动labor market 劳动力市场labor costs 劳动力成本go into labor 开始分娩
辨析提示
labor为美式拼写，英式作labour。
词族
laborer (n.)、laborious (adj.)、laboriously (adv.)
近义 work、toil
相关词
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