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单词 labour-intensive
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labour-intensiveadjective

UK US labor-intensive uk/ˌleɪ.bər.ɪnˈten.sɪv/us/ˌleɪ.bɚ.ɪnˈten.sɪv/

Industries and methods that are labour-intensive need a lot of workers:

A lot of farming techniques have been abandoned because they were too labour-intensive.

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labour-intensiveadjective

UK US labor-intensive ukusHR, PRODUCTION

if an industry, process, etc. is labour-intensive, it needs a lot of workers:

The service sector is more labour-intensive and less productive than manufacturing.
Converting shale oil to usable material takes a labor-intensive process that's very environmentally damaging.
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