labor
US:/ˈleɪbər/
UK:/ˈleɪbə(r)/
n.:
劳动；分娩；工作；人工
v.:
劳动；苦苦地干；颠簸
adj.:
劳动的
网络:
劳工；劳动力；劳力
Word forms: (现在分词) laboring (过去式) labored (第三人称单数) labors
Examples
1.
Investors will look for clues on the state of the labor market when jobless claims data comes out on Thursday.
美国一周初请失业金人数将于周四出炉，届时投资者将通过它观察劳工市场的状况。
2.
'Just a year ago, wages were rising steadily as we grappled with labor shortages, ' Ms. Zhou said.
周芳说，仅在1年前，由于面对劳动力短缺的困境，工资还在不断提高。
3.
Julie Haley, 33, of Reading, Mass. , went into labor Monday. As of Tuesday afternoon, she still had not given birth.
马萨诸塞州里丁镇33岁的茱丽·哈雷周一就进入了阵痛期，可直到周二下午，她还没有分娩。
4.
Asked if his subcontractors used illegal labor, Mr. Zhang laughed and said, "You'd have to ask the subcontractors. "
他们委托加工的分包人常常雇佣非法劳工。（当被问及此事，他笑着说，这你得去问分包商。）
5.
Lawmakers trying to avert the strike are calling for labor leaders to be patient.
试图避免发生罢工的议员呼吁劳工领导人要有耐心。
6.
How much is the fare to the Labor Park?
到劳动公园票价是多少？
7.
The writer, a fine arts major, who now runs a finance company, says it was all a labor of love.
学美术出身，现在经营一家金融投资公司的作者说写小说只是爱好。
8.
Rudd is no radical on economic issues but nationalism lurks below the surface of his Labor party.
陆克文在经济问题并不激进，但工党表面下潜伏着民族主义。
9.
He said the ILO is working with local civic organizations to change opinions about child labor.
他称，国际劳工组织正与地方民间组织合作来改变关于童工的观念。
10.
An individual devalues the labor, creativity and dedication that creators put into a work by making a copy of it.
创作者以复制的形式着手创作，便会降低个体的劳动力、创造力和贡献力。