Word · Frequency #724
labour
劳动；苦干；努力工作
to work hard; to toil
- 1.
To toil, to work.
辛苦劳作,工作。
- 2.
To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
强调或详细阐述(辩论中的观点等)
- 3.
To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
受困难或疾病困扰；在特别艰难或令人疲惫的条件下工作；像顶着阻力或重担一样缓慢移动。
- 4.
To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
经历分娩的痛苦
- 5.
To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
像在汹涌大海中的船一样剧烈颠簸或摇摆。
分娩；临盆；阵痛；艰难地行进；受苦；受折磨；反复强调；过分渲染；(船)剧烈颠簸；摇晃；辛苦劳作,工作。
In use
She laboured all day in the garden to prepare it for spring planting.
He is labouring over his homework, trying to solve the difficult math problems.
They labour under the hot sun to build the new road.
Verb forms
base labour · third person labours · -ing labouring · past laboured · past participle laboured
这是一个规则动词。
Connections
Collocations
- labour over
- 在……上辛苦工作；费尽心力
- She laboured over every detail of the plan.她煞费苦心地推敲计划中的每个细节。
- labour the point
- 反复强调；啰嗦地讲
- I don't want to labour the point, but we must be careful.我不想反复强调，但我们必须要小心。
- labour under a misconception
- 抱有错误想法；误以为
- Many people labour under the misconception that wealth brings happiness.许多人误以为财富能带来幸福。
- labour up
- 吃力地攀登；艰难地向上移动
- They laboured up the mountain path.他们吃力地沿着山路向上攀登。
Idioms & figurative uses
- labour under the misapprehension
- 误以为；怀有错误的看法She was labouring under the misapprehension that the meeting was tomorrow.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：谐音‘累吧’，干到累了吧？labour 就是辛苦劳作、苦干。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：正式写作与学术论述、医疗或正式场合描述分娩、文学描写中形容缓慢艰难移动 动词 labour 通常比较正式或书面，口语中更常用 work；表示“分娩”时多用于医疗或正式语境，而表示“艰难行进”或“详细阐述”则比较常见于文学或正式论述。
Grammar Note
注意：英式拼写，美式拼写为labor。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 labour 押韵（英式发音）的是 neighbour /ˈneɪbə/ 和 sabre /ˈseɪbə/。注意：colour /ˈkʌlə/、harbour /ˈhɑːbə/ 元音不同；favour /ˈfeɪvə/、vapour /ˈveɪpə/ 虽有 -our 和元音 /eɪ/，但词尾不是 /bə/，因此不构成完全押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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