labour

劳动力，人工；分娩英释中释nwork, especially physical work

劳动；分娩；费力地前进英释中释vto move slowly and with difficulty

1 labour force,n. 劳动力

2 surplus labour,【政治经济学】剩余劳动(力)

3 labour party,劳工党

4 division of labour,分工

5 labour union,n. [美]工会

6 labour productivity,劳动生产率

7 cheap labour,廉价劳动力；廉价劳工

8 labour for,v. 努力争取

9 manual labour,体力劳动；手工劳动

10 labour cost,人工成本

11 labour law,劳动法

12 labour movement,工人运动

13 new labour,新工党

14 labour day,劳动节

15 child labour,童工

16 hard labour,强迫劳役

17 labour dispute,劳资争议

18 international labour organization,国际劳工组织

19 ministry of labour,劳工部

20 physical labour,体力劳动

1 The garage charges £30 an hour for labour..汽车修理厂收取每小时30英镑的人工费。

2 Many women do hard manual labour(= work with their hands )..许多妇女从事繁重的体力劳动。

3 Workers withdrew their labour (= protested by stopping work ) for twenty-four hours..工人罢工24小时。