Noun:
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages;there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
productive work especially physical work done for wages;his labor did not require a great deal of skill
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child;she was in labor for six hours
an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action particularly via labor unions or the leaders of this movementa political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industriesthe federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;he prepared for great undertakings
Verb:
strive and make an effort to reach a goal;She tugged for years to make a decent living
We have to push a little to make the deadline!
She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
work hard;She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long
undergo the efforts of childbirthday labor计日工labor along艰难地前进labor on继续工作labor under苦于认为casual labor临时工difficult labor难产compulsory labor强制劳动delayed labor逾期分娩, 过期分娩…corvee labor徭役劳动abstract labor经 抽象劳动…labor one's way参照 waychild labor童工artificial labor人工引产clerical labor经 抄写人工…direct labor直接人工complicated labor复杂劳动abnormal labor异常分娩,分娩异常…clearing labor票据交换工contract labor限定雇主劳工…bound labor约定奴工
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名词98%,动词2%
用作名词The country is short of skilledlabor.这个国家缺乏熟练工人。
Theirlaborefficiency is very high.他们的工作效率很高。
There is a clear division oflaborin ants.蚂蚁间有明确的分工。
He was in anguish while his wife was inlabor.妻子分娩时，他感到很痛苦。
It takes a lot oflaborto build a railway.修筑一条铁路要花费许多劳动力。用作动词They figured why should theylaborwhen there was no payoff.他们认为没有回报为何要去努力工作。
Genius is the power tolaborbetter and more availably.天才就是更好、更有效的劳动。
We mustlaborfor a better future.我们应为更加美好的未来而努力。
You needn'tlabora point that is perfectly plain.这点很明显，你用不着讲个没完。用作形容词The intent is to limit the entry of immigrantlabor.目的是限制移民劳工的进入。
I'm a strong believer in the dignity oflabor.我深信劳动的尊严。
The mill where we oftenlaboris a paper mill.我们常在那里劳动的工厂是一个造纸厂。 And even as Mr. Chan labors to bind Guangzhou together with an underground web of steel, the city is spreading out rapidly above ground, like a drop of ink on a paper towel.
尽管像老陈这样的工作者努力把广州用地下钢铁网络连接起来，这个城市地面发展非常迅速，就像墨水滴在了纸巾上。 yeeyan
Anyone whose labors take him into the far reaches of the country, as ours lately have done, is bound to mark how the years have made the land grow fruitful.
任何人被其劳作带入这个国家遥远的地带，就像最近我们所做过的，肯定会注意到岁月如何让这片土地长出果实。 ecocn
Though he looks like an avuncular conductor of a giant toy train set, he labors daily trying to give away one of the world’s biggest fortunes, that made by his son at Microsoft.
虽然看起来更像是个巨型玩具火车的售票大伯，可事实上他每天的工作却是把儿子在微软工作的挣来的巨额财富悉数捐掉。 yeeyan