单词详解
n.
A. 劳动 (productive work, especially physical work done for wages)
It takes a lot of labor to build such a long railway.
修筑一条如此长的铁路要花费许多劳动力。
B. (英国) 工党apolitical party formed in Great Britain in 1900
He was the leadership of the Labor Party. 他是工党的领导人。
C. 分娩，(分娩时的)阵痛 (contractions of the womb during the process of childbirth)
His wife has a difficult labor.他的夫人难产。
v.
努力，干苦力活，困难吃力地行进 (work hard)
I labored to finish the job on time. 我努力按时完成任务。
相关词组
1. a labor of love 心甘情愿做的工作
What I did was a labor of love.我所做的是我所喜爱做的事。
2. labor the point不厌其烦地解释（或讨论）
There is no need to labor the point.没必要解释个没完。
3. labor under被（错误想法）蒙蔽（或误导）
She has been laboring under a bit of a misapprehension.她被一点点误会蒙蔽了。
相关单词
复数：laboratories
过去式：labored
过去分词：labored
现在分词：laboring
