单词 | labour |
释义 | labour (once / 139 pages) 1nv 2nv WORD FAMILY labour: laboured, labourer, labouring, labours+/labourer: labourers/labouring: labouringly USAGE EXAMPLESActually, though, Adams was a gentle and sensitive man, a rare opponent of the anti-Asian racism dominating the Australian labour movement. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) The measure is part of a set of labour laws introduced in May. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) We now live in a world of half-hearted Curb imitators, all labouring under the delusion that Curb was nothing but floridly improvised swearwords. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n productive work (especially physical work done for wages) Syn|Hypo|Hyper labor, toil roping capturing cattle or horses with a lasso corveeunpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes donkeywork, drudgery, grind, ploddinghard monotonous routine work effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travailuse of physical or mental energy; hard work hunt, huntingthe work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts hackworkprofessional work done according to formula haymakingcutting grass and curing it to make hay manual labor, manual labourlabor done with the hands overwork, overworkingthe act of working too much or too long slaverywork done under harsh conditions for little or no pay calf ropingcapturing a calf with a lasso and binding its feet steer ropingcapturing a steer with a lasso canned hunta hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections strugglestrenuous effort difficulty, troublean effort that is inconvenient least effort, least resistancethe least effortful way to do something strain, strainingan intense or violent exertion exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workoutthe activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit pulla sustained effort application, diligencea diligent effort overkillany effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal supererogationan effort above and beyond the call of duty overexertionexcessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results stalk, stalking, still hunta hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush birdnestinghunting for birds' nests to get the eggs predationthe act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey detrition, friction, rubbingeffort expended in moving one object over another with pressure application, coating, coveringthe work of applying something bodyworkthe work of making or repairing vehicle bodies handlingmanual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something pickingthe act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.) plankingthe work of covering an area with planks wiringthe work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device work activity directed toward making or doing something 2n a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages Syn|Hypo|Hyper labor, proletariat, working class labor force, labor pool the source of trained people from which workers can be hired lumpenproletariat(Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement organized laboremployees who are represented by a labor union class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum people having the same social, economic, or educational status 3v work hard Syn|Hyper dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, moil, toil, travail do work, work be employed 4v strive and make an effort to reach a goal 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper drive, labor, push, tug bear on, push press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action reach, strain, strive to exert much effort or energy extend oneselfstrain to the utmost kill oneself, overexert oneselfstrain oneself more than is healthy bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble, trouble oneselftake the trouble to do something; concern oneself fight, struggle make a strenuous or labored effort 1n concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child Syn|Hypo|Hyper childbed, confinement, labor, lying-in, parturiency, travail premature labor, premature labour labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition the process of giving birth 2v undergo the efforts of childbirth Syn|Hyper labor undergo pass through Labour (once / 994 pages) n WORD FAMILY Labour: Labourite, Labours+/Labourite: Labourites USAGE EXAMPLESThe Fabian Society said securing an overall majority was "currently unthinkable" for Labour. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The most high-profile race for Labour will be Andy Burnham's attempt to become the first directly elected mayor of the Manchester region. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Leader Tim Farron is secure in his job, following a year in which Labour, the Conservatives and the Greens all held leadership elections. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) n a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries Syn|Hyper British Labour Party, Labor, Labour Party labor party, labour party a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people |
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