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labor

/ˈleɪbɚ/

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noun

US or Brit labour , pl -bors

physical or mental effort :work [noncount]

A day's labor should get the job done.

Getting the job done will require many hours of difficult labor.

menial/manual labor [count]

He rested from his labors.

A labor of love is a task that you do for enjoyment rather than pay.

Restoring the old car was a labor of love for him.

When you enjoy the fruits of your labor/labors, you enjoy the things that you have gained by working.

She worked hard for many years, but now she has retired and is able to enjoy the fruits of her labor/labors.

[noncount] :work for which someone is paid

The cost of repairing the car includes parts and labor.

[noncount] workers considered as a group

an area in which there is a shortage of cheap labor - often used before another noun

a labor dispute

The company sought to cut labor costs by increasing its efficiency.

The company has a history of poor labor relations. [=the workers and the managers of the company have had many disputes]

the labor force [=the total number of people available for working]

the organizations or officials that represent groups of workers

The proposed new law is opposed by organized labor.

the process by which a woman gives birth to a baby [noncount]

She went into labor this morning.

She has been in labor for several hours.

She began to have/experience labor pains this morning. [singular]

She had a difficult labor.

Labour [singular] Brit politics :the Labour Party of the United Kingdom or another part of the Commonwealth of Nations

a proposal that is opposed by Labour

verb

(US) or Brit labour -bors; -bored; -boring

[no obj]

to do work

Workers labored in the vineyard.

He labored for several years as a miner.

to work hard in order to achieve something

She has labored in vain to convince them to accept her proposal.

Both sides continue to labor [=struggle] to find a solution.

We should honor those who labored so long to make the truth known.

to move or proceed with effort

The truck labored up the hill.

I have been laboring through this book for months.

to repeat or stress something too much or too often

She has a tendency to labor the obvious.

I don't want to labor [=belabor] the point, but I think I should mention again that we are running out of time.

labor under a delusion/misapprehension/misconception

If you continue to believe something that is not true, you are laboring under a delusion/misapprehension/misconception.

He still labors under the delusion that other people value his opinion.

* Các từ tương tự:
labor camp, Labor Day, labor union, laboratory, labored, laborer, labor-intensive, laborious, labor-saving