Word · Frequency #17075
labor
/ˈleɪbɝː/
verb
辛勤工作；劳作
work hard
- 1.
work hard
努力工作
- 2.
undergo the efforts of childbirth
经历分娩的努力
- 3.
strive and make an effort to reach a goal
努力并尽力达到目标
努力争取；奋斗；分娩；生产；努力工作；经历分娩的努力；努力并尽力达到目标
In use
She labors in the fields every day from dawn to dusk.
He labored over his homework for hours last night.
The team is laboring to finish the project before the deadline.
Verb forms
base labor · third person labors · -ing laboring · past labored · past participle labored
规则动词，注意过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- labor over
- 在……上辛苦劳作；费劲地做
- He labored over every sentence of the book.他逐句费力地写这本书。
- labor to achieve
- 努力实现；为……而奋斗
- They labored to achieve a peaceful settlement.他们为实现和平解决而努力。
- labor in vain
- 徒劳；白费力气
- We labored in vain to change her mind.我们白费力气想改变她的主意。
- labor for
- 为……辛勤工作；为……而奋斗
- She labored for the cause of education all her life.她一生为教育事业辛勤工作。
Idioms & figurative uses
- labor under the illusion
- 怀有错误想法；误以为Many people labor under the illusion that working longer hours means working harder.许多人误以为工作时间更长就意味着更努力。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“累吧”：labor 表示辛劳工作，累到想喊“累吧”；分娩的用力过程同样是一场 labor。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、news reporting、literary works labor 作动词时通常属于正式用语，多用于书面语、新闻报道或文学作品中，口语里更常说 work。它可表示“辛勤工作”、“努力争取”或“经历分娩”，具体含义需根据上下文判断。
Grammar Note
及物动词表示详细分析或使厌烦；不及物动词表示劳动、努力等。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 labor 真正押韵的是 neighbor 和 saber（/ˈneɪbɚ/、/ˈseɪbɚ/）。harbor、vapor、favor 拼写相似但读音不同：harbor /ˈhɑːrbɚ/，vapor /ˈveɪpɚ/，favor /ˈfeɪvɚ/，它们都不与 labor 押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.