单词 | pro-labour |
释义 | > as lemmaspro-labour pro-labour adj. Brit. /(ˌ)prəʊˈleɪbə/ , U.S. /ˌproʊˈleɪbər/ (a) (frequently with capital initial in the second element) that supports or favours the Labour Party; (b) originally U.S. that supports or favours labour unions or the interests of labourers.ΚΠ 1898 M. Davitt Life & Progress in Australasia lxvii. 373 The working classes of Maoriland have obtained..more pro-Labour laws and larger slices of a wise and beneficial state socialism. 1900 Nebraska State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 5 Feb. 4/5 Those [laws] of the eastern states affecting the rights and interests of capital and corporations and the so-called pro-labor enactments. 1965 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 128 28 Combined with this general discontent, there was the strong pro-Labour mood of..Scotland, the North-West and Greater London. 2005 Nation 14 Mar. 21/1 The unions had gone all-out for..a former..assemblyman with a 100 percent pro-labor rating. < as lemmas |
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