1 (BrE) (NAmElabor) work工作ADJECTIVE | VERB + LABOUR/LABOR | LABOUR/LABOR + NOUNADJECTIVE➤manual, physical體力勞動➤back-breaking, forced, hard令人累斷腰的勞動;強迫勞動;苦役◇He was sentenced to four years' hard labour for his crime.他因犯罪被判 4 年苦役。➤productive, unproductive生產性/非生產性勞動➤unpaid無償勞動VERB + LABOUR/LABOR➤withdraw停工◇The miners are threatening to withdraw their labour.礦工們威脅要罷工。LABOUR/LABOR + NOUN➤productivity勞動生產率➤camp勞改營◇Dissidents were forced to work in labour camps.持不同政見者在勞改營被強制勞動。labour
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2 (BrE) (NAmElabor) workers工人ADJECTIVE | LABOUR/LABOR + NOUNADJECTIVE➤free, organized非工會/工會工人➤wage雇傭勞動力▸➤cheap, low-cost廉價勞動力▸➤casual, day (NAmE) 臨時工;(按日計酬的)散工▸➤skilled, unskilled熟練/非熟練工人➤illegal非法勞動力➤foreign, immigrant, migrant外國勞工;移民勞工;流動工人➤child, slave童工;奴隸勞工◇It is now thought that the Pyramids were not built using slave labour.人們現在認為金字塔當年不是靠做苦工的奴隸建成的。➤prison獄中勞役➤farm農場勞工➤sweatshop血汗勞工LABOUR/LABOR + NOUN➤force勞動力◇the size of the labour force勞動力規模➤market, pool, supply勞動力市場/儲備/供應◇an increasingly competitive labour market競爭越來越激烈的勞動力市場➤shortage勞動力短缺▸➤cost, costs勞動力成本➤movement工人運動◇tensions between the labour movement and government工人運動與政府之間的緊張關係➤organization勞工組織➤activist, leader勞工運動活動家/領袖▸➤relations勞資關係➤dispute勞動爭議➤law勞動法labour
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3 (BrE) (NAmElabor) giving birth生育ADJECTIVE | VERB + LABOUR/LABOR | LABOUR/LABOR + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤difficult, easy難產;順產▸➤long, short長時間的/短時間的分娩◇The baby was born after a long labour.這個嬰兒經過很長時間的分娩才出生。➤preterm早產◇women at risk of preterm labour有早產危險的婦女VERB + LABOUR/LABOR➤go into進入分娩期◇She went into labour two weeks early.她提前兩週分娩。➤induce引產◇Labour was induced when the baby was ten days overdue.在嬰兒超過預產期 10 天以後進行了引產。LABOUR/LABOR + NOUN➤room, ward (BrE) 待產室;產房▸➤pains分娩時的陣痛PREPOSITION➤in labour在分娩◇She was in labour for ten hours.她分娩長達 10 個小時。