| 单词 | labour |
| 释义 | labour (leɪbəʳ ) Word forms: labours , labouring , laboured regional note: in AM, use labor 1. uncountable noun Labour is very hard work, usually physical work. ...the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting. [+ of] The chef at the barbecue looked up from his labours; he was sweating. labour of love phrase If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work. Writing this book has been a great pleasure, a true labour of love. 2. See also hard labour 3. verb Someone who labours works hard using their hands. ...peasants labouring in the fields. [VERB] Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years. [VERB] Synonyms: work, toil, strive, work hard 4. verb If you labour to do something, you do it with difficulty. For twenty-five years now he has laboured to build a religious community. [VERB to-infinitive] ...a young man who's labouring under all kinds of other difficulties. [V + under] Synonyms: struggle, work, strain, work hard 5. uncountable noun Labour is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group. Latin America lacked skilled labour. ...the struggle between capital and labour. They were cheap labour. 6. uncountable noun [oft poss NOUN] The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as their labour. Every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour. The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour–they have no power. Synonyms: work, effort, employment, toil 7. proper noun [with singular or plural verb] In Britain, people use Labour to refer to the Labour Party. They all vote Labour. 8. adjective A Labour politician or voter is a member of a Labour Party or votes for a Labour Party. ...a Labour MP. Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented. 9. verb If you labour under a delusion or misapprehension, you continue to believe something which is not true. She laboured under the illusion that I knew what I was doing. [V + under] You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions. [V + under] Synonyms: be disadvantaged by, suffer from, be a victim of, be burdened by 10. verb If you labour a point or an argument, you keep making the same point or saying the same thing, although it is unnecessary. I don't want to labour the point but there it is. [VERB noun] Synonyms: overemphasize, stress, elaborate, exaggerate 11. uncountable noun Labour is the last stage of pregnancy, in which the baby is gradually pushed out of the womb by the mother. I thought the pains meant I was going into labour. Some women prefer to move about during labour. Idioms: a labour of love a job or task that you do for pleasure or out of duty without expecting a large reward or payment for it They concentrated on restoring outbuildings such as the Victorian greenhouse, an expensive labour of love. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: cheap labour The plight of people trafficked to be used as cheap labour is being highlighted in a campaign launched today. The Sun (2013) The farms and mines enjoyed a surfeit of cheap labour. Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa (1990) They want the cheapest possible labour. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Eating curry is supposed to induce labour. The Sun (2013) Doctors induced labour at 37 weeks after identifying problems with the baby. The Sun (2015) She will be given drugs to induce labour. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He attributed the emergence of labour brokers to the present labour legislation. ST His labour legislation, which has made it easier to dismiss people, has encouraged employers to hire 764,000 new workers, he claimed. Times, Sunday Times Their labour legislation was the most advanced on the continent. Globe and Mail Government policy and pro-activity rather than labour legislation controls general labour and trade union matters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both must be present in order for the dismissal to be fair and in accordance with the labour legislation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It needs to improve fibre internet, pupil-to-teacher ratios in primary education and internal labour mobility. Times,Sunday Times The shortage of affordable housing in much of the country reduces labour mobility, productivity and competitiveness. Times,Sunday Times But the most settled communities of all are those that lack ambition and restrict the means to realise it - principally education and labour mobility. Times, Sunday Times The main long-term projected loss of output comes from reduced labour mobility, which would put unemployment up by between 40,000 and 93,000. Times, Sunday Times Increase worker confidence to drive up quit rates, a measure of labour mobility. Times, Sunday Times Labour participation fell to just over 61% for the 50-64 group in 1993 and to less than 5% for older people. Times, Sunday Times This helped to push the labour participation rate up from 62.8 per cent to 62.9 per cent. Times, Sunday Times They suggest increasing labour participation by reforming social security. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Labour reform, long demanded by economists, will aim to give more flexibility to collective bargaining by improving competitiveness. Times, Sunday Times The stiff regulatory backdrop and lack of labour reform 'almost make the euro area un-investable'. Times, Sunday Times He squeezed through some labour reforms but failed to deliver shake-ups of the lethargic legal system and bureaucracy. Times, Sunday Times Another immediate priority will be introducing deep-seated labour reforms to improve competitiveness. Times, Sunday Times While talks with the eurozone have moved forward in recent weeks, substantive differences remain over labour reforms, pension cuts and added tax hikes. Times, Sunday Times The second point was greater enforcement of current labour regulation such as the minimum wage, a move that would have nearly no effect on migration at all. Times, Sunday Times Visitors can look up rules on health licensing and labour regulations and apply for documentation. Times, Sunday Times The creditors also want changes in labour regulations to allow more layoffs in the future. Times, Sunday Times In return, they must make efforts to lighten labour regulations, deregulate services and revamp social spending. Times, Sunday Times There are few rules about proving where it came from or that it was mined in line with international labour standards. Times,Sunday Times Second, to ignore social policy, and have lots of free trade with labour standards decided at national level so the voters have control. Times, Sunday Times There are questions about the initiative's adherence to international environmental and labour standards. Times, Sunday Times When she complained to the labour standards office she was turned away because its services did not extend to workers in the water trade. Times, Sunday Times We have very high labour standards. Times, Sunday Times Most are sponsored by labour union or institutional shareholders. Globe and Mail About 53% of all private sector and public service employees are labour union members. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Problems were further aggravated by use of old technology in printing, labour union problems, and financial problems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also eliminates the requirement to notify and get permission from the labour union to fire a redundant worker. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It functions both as a labour union and as a trade union. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Taking advantage of low-cost labour and train staff in-house rather than relying on automation. Times, Sunday Times These are primarily made through redundancies and, often in the private sector, offshoring services to low-cost labour markets. Times, Sunday Times A combination of low-cost labour and energy helped the gemstone-working industry flourish. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A purely commercial business would locate its production centres in concentrated areas where infrastructure and a low-cost labour supply are available. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this regard, older cemeteries designed at a time of relatively low-cost labour and limited automation tend to present the greatest difficulties for maintenance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Foreign inmates, for whom prison work had been voluntary, found themselves compelled to participate in menial labour for long hours. Times,Sunday Times He took a correspondence course in photography, determined to avoid the menial labour into which the system funnelled young black men. Times, Sunday Times He has not prepared, and as a result ends up in a kind of institution, in which he must perform menial labour each day. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She encouraged them to turn down poorly paid menial labour in the prison yard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Desperately poor, she found occasional work as a seamstress and made ends meet with whatever menial labour could be found. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He says he supports the right to political asylum but wants to encourage skilled migrant labour while curbing economic migration. The Sun He will claim that the 'real issues of immigration' are exploitation of migrant labour and 'pressure on hardpressed public services'. Times, Sunday Times Many of the families in the rural regions of the municipality were formerly supported by men who worked as migrant labour in local mines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Migrant labour allows large companies to keep up with the changes in the market and fashions but still keep production inexpensive at home. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Additionally, female migrant labour has been indicated as a source for more egalitarian relationships within the family, decline of extended family patterns, and more nuclear families. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Time, money, loss of freedom and the sheer physical labour of childcare appear to be adding to the toll. Times, Sunday Times Six old pennies for an hour's back-breaking physical labour. Times, Sunday Times Three generations ago people did physical labour as a job. Times, Sunday Times It's a physical labour that stretches over four or five months and with a deadline you simply have to do it. Times, Sunday Times I liked the physical labour. The Sun This bacteria can cause miscarriage and premature labour. Times, Sunday Times (2007) At six months she went into premature labour. The Sun (2012) Young mums are thought to be more at risk of premature labour. The Sun (2009) This was conspicuous consumption in the service of economically productive labour. Times, Sunday Times While a large number were deemed lishentsy (non-proletarians deserving of expropriation), even they could, in theory, recover their civil rights after five years of 'productive labour'. The Times Literary Supplement All those years of fruitfulness stretching ahead, all that quiet productive labour. Times, Sunday Times He argues that distancing oneself from hardships of productive labour has always been the conclusive sign of high social status. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Men who are fitted to organize society for productive labour are entitled to rule it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The farmers don't want to pay more for their seasonal labour. Times, Sunday Times The group employs about 2,100 people, including seasonal labour. Times, Sunday Times Some employers in the agricultural industries, for instance, have thrived on the ready supply of cheap, seasonal labour. Times, Sunday Times Their endless prating about alienation and surplus labour was no match for a modern business reporter in search of a headline. Times, Sunday Times This was part of an argument about the source of surplus value in unpaid surplus labour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By performing social surplus labour in a specific system of property relations, the labouring classes constantly reproduce the foundations of the social order. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It gives property owners the power to command the surplus labour of others. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since they mostly lack control over the ruling market prices for their inputs and outputs, they try to increase productivity by every means at their disposal and maximise surplus labour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The days of sweatshop labour may be numbered. Times, Sunday Times Everybody knows what unethical looks like - sweatshop labour, wastefulness, environmentally harmful production - but what about ethical, and who are its stars? Times, Sunday Times I boycott fashion brands that use sweatshop labour. Times, Sunday Times Less radical protests are also discussed, such as the various movements aimed at putting an end to sweatshop labour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Job centre advisers now have the discretion to put those who repeatedly fail to co-operate with work experience programmes on the unpaid labour schemes. Times, Sunday Times Worse, we have shouldered our unpaid labour gratefully. Times, Sunday Times A calculation the year before found that users worldwide were, in effect, donating fifteen million years of unpaid labour to the social network each year. Times, Sunday Times They are also massively supported by volunteers who undertake thousands of hours of unpaid labour. Times, Sunday Times There are 24 million households, so that adds up to 900 million hours of unpaid labour every year. Times, Sunday Times We do need a lot of unskilled labour to pick fruit. The Sun (2015) He said, "This country does not need any more unskilled labour." The Sun (2012) Investment flowed into rapidly expanding resources which required a large unskilled labour input. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994) If they take on wage labour to grow, the firm ceases to be a co-op. Times, Sunday Times Living was largely off the land; logging and road work provided intermittent wage labour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A few are also engaged in wage labour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition to carrying water, the community are involved in wage labour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many are now cultivators, while some are involved in daily wage labour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 劳动 Japanese: 労働 |
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