la·bo(u)r

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第694页（947字）

【释义】：

n．①劳动：manual(mental) labo(u)r 体力(脑力)劳动．means of labo(u)r 劳动手段．labo(u)r power劳动力．labo(u)r discipline劳动纪律．Labo(u)r creates the world．劳动创造世界．②(艰苦的)工作：hard labo(u)r【法】苦役．③劳动阶级：labo(u)r and capital工人与资本家，劳资．International labo(u)r Day国际劳动节．Labo(u)r Day(美)劳工节(the first Monday in Sept．)．④(Labo(u)r)工党：the labo(u)r Party(英)工党．⑤阵痛，分娩：in labo(u)r 在分娩中．difficult labo(u)r 难产．postponed labo(u)r 迟产．premature labo(u)r 早产．

－vi．①劳动，工作：labo(u)r on the construction site在工地劳动．labo(u)r at a task埋头工作．labo(u)r for the emancipation of mankind为人类的解放而工作．②努力：I labo(u)red to complete a task．我努力完成任务．③受苦，苦恼，烦恼(under)：labo(u)r under a difficulty遭到困难．④阵痛，受生产(分娩)之苦：labo(u)r with child(痛苦地)分娩．⑤(困难地，缓慢地)移动，呼吸：The ship labo(u)red through the heavy seas．船在大浪中吃力地前进．The old man labo(u)red up the hillside．老人费力地爬上山腰．

－vt．①使劳动，出力做：labo(u)r one’s way冒着困难前进．②详细论述：labo(u)r a point(an argument)详述论点(论据)．