| Główne tłumaczenia |
labor (US),
labour (UK) n | (hard work) | praca ż |
| | (potoczny) | robota ż |
| | Only dedicated labor will make this project successful. |
labor,
UK: labour n | US (childbirth) | poród m |
| | Megan's labor lasted only two hours before the baby was delivered. |
labor,
UK: labour n | US, uncountable (workers) | związek zawodowy m + przym. |
| | The factory will need to hire more labor to fill these orders. |
labor (US),
labour (UK) n | (work) | praca ż |
| | This project represents several days' labour. |
labor,
UK: labour vi | US (do hard work) | ciężko pracować przys. + ndk. |
| | Medieval peasants spent their whole lives laboring. |
labor to do [sth] (US),
labour to do [sth] (UK) v expr | (work to achieve [sth]) | ciężko pracować, żeby zrobić coś zwrot ndk. |
| | All the translators labor to make the dictionary as good as possible. |
Formy złożone:
labor | Labour |
child labor (US),
child labour (UK) n | (children: forced working) | praca dzieci ż + n, l.mn. |
| | | zmuszanie dzieci do pracy wyr. |
| | Child labor is still prevalent in some Third World countries. |
day labor (US),
day labour (UK) n | US (work: paid by the day) | praca na dniówki wyr. |
| | Day labor is a growing part of the informal economy in the United States. |
direct labor (US),
direct labour (UK) n | (production work) | robocizna ż |
division of labor,
UK: division of labour n | US (delegation of tasks) | podział pracy m + ż |
| | Assembly lines are extreme examples of division of labor. |
| hard labor n | (physical work done by prisoners) | tłumaczenie niedostępne |
labor against [sth] (US),
labour against [sth] (UK) vi + prep | (work to prevent) (przenośny) | walczyć z czymś ndk. + przyim. |
| | We must continue to labor against this discrimination. |
labor camp,
UK: labour camp n | US (enforced work camp) | obóz pracy m + ż |
| | The government sent Maisky to a labour camp in Siberia. |
labor force,
UK: labour force n | US (workforce: employable people) | siła robocza ż + przym. |
| | The size of the labor force increases when school closes for the summer. |
labor relations (US),
labour relations (UK) npl | (worker-employer relationship) | stosunki pracownicze m, l.mn. + przym. |
| | Labor relations are difficult if workers can be fired at any time for cause, or for no reason at all. |
labor the point (US),
labour the point (UK) v expr | figurative (belabor) | rozwodzić się nad zagadnieniem zwrot ndk. |
| | The lawyer labored the point excessively. |
labor under [sth] (US),
labour under [sth] (UK) vi + prep | used in expressions (mistakenly believe) | łudzić się zwr. ndk. |
| Uwaga: Commonly followed by: the illusion, the misapprehension, a mistaken belief, etc. |
| | The company is labouring under the illusion that it can take shortcuts to get the results it wants. |
| | Firma łudzi się, że może na skróty osiągnąć pożądane rezultaty. |
labor union (US),
labour union (UK) n | (trade union, syndicate) | związek pracowniczy m + przym. |
| | The labor unions were created to protect workers from unfair working conditions. |
manual labor (US),
manual labour (UK) n | (work carried out by hand) | praca fizyczna ż + przym. |
| | Although machines are used to produce most goods, repairing them is still done mostly by manual labor. |
organized labor (US),
organized labour,
organised labour (UK) n | (workers belonging to a union) | pracownicy zrzeszeni w związkach zawodowych wyr. |
| | Economists have long debated the impact of organized labour on workplace productivity. |
slave labor (US),
slave labour (UK) n | (slavery, enforced work) | praca niewolnicza ż + przym. |
| | Many of the greatest monuments were built by slave labor. |
slave labor (US),
slave labour (UK) n | figurative (low-paid work) | praca niewolnicza ż + przym. |
| | For many, working in a fast food restaurant is slave labor. |
| | It may be slave labor, but at least it's a job. |
unskilled labor (US),
unskilled labour (UK) n | (work requiring no training) | praca niewymagająca kwalifikacji wyr. |
unskilled labor (US),
unskilled labour (UK) n | (workforce doing untrained jobs) | niewykwalifikowani pracownicy przym. + m, l.mn. |