复合形式：
Labour | labor | labour |
be in labor (US),
be in labour (UK) v expr | (be in process of giving birth) | SCSimplified Chinese 在分娩中 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 临盆 |
casual labor (US),
casual labour (UK) n | (work: temporary, occasional) | SCSimplified Chinese 临时工 lín shí gōng
TCTraditional Chinese 臨時工 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 短期工 |
child labor (US),
child labour (UK) n | (children: forced working) | SCSimplified Chinese 童工 tóng gōng |
| | Child labor is still prevalent in some Third World countries. |
| collective labour agreement n | UK (employer, union contract) | SCSimplified Chinese 集体劳动合同 jí tǐ láo dòng hé tóng |
| | Union members have voted to go on strike because their employer refuses to honor the collective labour agreement that they signed last month. |
day labor (US),
day labour (UK) n | US (work: paid by the day) | SCSimplified Chinese 零工，杂工 líng gōng，zá gōng |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 按日计酬的工作 |
| | Day labor is a growing part of the informal economy in the United States. |
direct labor (US),
direct labour (UK) n | (production work) | SCSimplified Chinese 直接劳动
TCTraditional Chinese 直接勞動 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 直接人工 |
division of labor (US),
division of labour (UK) n | (delegation of tasks) | SCSimplified Chinese 分工 fēn gōng
TCTraditional Chinese 分工 |
| | Assembly lines are extreme examples of division of labor. |
emotional labor (US),
emotional labour (UK) n | (meeting social and family demands) | SCSimplified Chinese 情绪劳动 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 情绪劳务 |
emotional labor (US),
emotional labour (UK) n | (hiding feelings for professional reasons) | SCSimplified Chinese 情绪劳动 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 情绪工作 |
| forced-labour camp n | (concentration camp, work camp) | SCSimplified Chinese 强制劳动营 qiáng zhì láo dòng yíng |
| | The Siberian gulags were forced-labor camps for political dissidents. |
go into labor (US),
go into labour (UK) v expr | (start giving birth) | SCSimplified Chinese 分娩 fēn miǎn |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 阵痛 fēn miǎn ，zhèn tòng |
indirect labor (US),
indirect labour (UK) n | (work: incidental to production) | SCSimplified Chinese 间接劳动 jiàn jiē láo dòng |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 间接人工 |
labor against [sth] (US),
labour against [sth] (UK) vi + prep | (work to prevent) | SCSimplified Chinese 努力防止 |
| | We must continue to labor against this discrimination. |
labor camp (US),
labour camp (UK) n | (enforced work camp) | SCSimplified Chinese 苦劳营 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 劳动营 láo dòng yíng |
| | The government sent Maisky to a labour camp in Siberia. |
labor contract (US),
labour contract (UK) n | (employment agreement) | SCSimplified Chinese 劳动合同 láo dòng hé tóng
TCTraditional Chinese 勞動合同 |
| | The teachers are hoping to negotiate a more equitable labor contract this year. |
labor costs (US),
labour costs (UK) npl | (cost of paying workers) | SCSimplified Chinese 人工成本，劳动力成本 rén gōng chéng běn |
| | The company tried to reduce labor costs by employing unskilled staff. |
labor force (US),
labour force (UK) n | (workforce: employable people) | SCSimplified Chinese 劳动力 láo dòng lì
TCTraditional Chinese 勞動力 |
| | The size of the labor force increases when school closes for the summer. |
labor intensive,
labor-intensive (US),
labour intensive,
labour-intensive (UK) adj | (involving hard work) | SCSimplified Chinese 工作非常辛劳的 |
| 备注: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
labor intensive,
labor-intensive (US),
labour intensive,
labour-intensive (UK) adj | (involving much work) | SCSimplified Chinese 劳动密集型的 |
labor law (US),
labour law (UK) n | (law: to protect workers) | SCSimplified Chinese 劳动法
TCTraditional Chinese 勞工法 |
labor market (US),
labour market (UK) n | (available employees) | SCSimplified Chinese 劳务市场
TCTraditional Chinese 勞務市場 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 劳动力市场 |
labor movement (US),
labour movement (UK) n | (to improve work conditions) | SCSimplified Chinese 劳工运动 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 工人运动 gōng rén yùn dòng
TCTraditional Chinese 工人運動 |
| | The labor movement promoted strikes throughout Europe. |
labor of love (US),
labour of love (UK) n | (work done for pleasure) | SCSimplified Chinese 热爱的工作 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 自愿的工作 |
labor pains (US),
labour pains (UK) npl | (childbirth: contractions) | SCSimplified Chinese 分娩的阵痛 fēn miǎn de zhèn tòng |
| | Rosemary suffered severe labour pains as she was giving birth. |
labor relations (US),
labour relations (UK) npl | (worker-employer relationship) | SCSimplified Chinese 劳资关系 láo zī guān xì
TCTraditional Chinese 勞資關係 |
| | Labor relations are difficult if workers can be fired at any time for cause, or for no reason at all. |
labor rights (US),
labour rights (UK) npl | (workers' entitlements) | SCSimplified Chinese 劳工权利 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 工人权利 |
| | Unions lobby for labor rights within their industries. |
labor strike (US),
labour strike (UK) n | (work stoppage) | SCSimplified Chinese 工人罢工 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 劳工罢工 |
| | Production at the car factory was brought to a standstill by the labor strike. |
labor supply (US),
labour supply (UK) n | (people available to work) | SCSimplified Chinese 劳动力供给 |
| | Labour supply is a function of both population size and the percentage of people who wish to work. |
labor the point (US),
labour the point (UK) v expr | figurative (belabor) | SCSimplified Chinese 过分详尽地阐述 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 过分多说 |
| | The lawyer labored the point excessively. |
labor under [sth] (US),
labour under [sth] (UK) vi + prep | used in expressions (mistakenly believe) | SCSimplified Chinese 被…所蒙蔽 bèi … suǒ méng bì |
| 备注: 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. |
labor union (US),
labour union (UK) n | (trade union, syndicate) | SCSimplified Chinese 工会 gōng huì
TCTraditional Chinese 工會 |
| | The labor unions were created to protect workers from unfair working conditions. |
laborsaving,
labor-saving (US),
labour-saving (UK) adj | (designed to make a job easier) | SCSimplified Chinese 节省劳力的 jié shěng láo lì de |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 省力气的 jié shěng láo lì de，shěng lì qì de |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 省工的 jié shěng láo lì de，shěng gōng de |
manual labor (US),
manual labour (UK) n | (work carried out by hand) | SCSimplified Chinese 体力劳动 tǐ lì láo dòng
TCTraditional Chinese 體力勞動 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 人力劳动 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 人力操作 |
| | Although machines are used to produce most goods, repairing them is still done mostly by manual labor. |
materials and labor (US),
materials and labour (UK) npl | (basic costs of a project) | SCSimplified Chinese 人力物力 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 人工和材料 |
| | The materials and labor involved with the Golden Gate Bridge project were enormous. |
organized labor (US),
organized labour,
organised labour (UK) n | (workers belonging to a union) (总称) | SCSimplified Chinese 加入工会的工人，工会会员 jiā rù gōng huì de gōng rén |
| | Economists have long debated the impact of organized labour on workplace productivity. |
physical labor (US),
physical labour (UK) n | (strenuous manual work) | SCSimplified Chinese 体力劳动 tǐ lì láo dòng
TCTraditional Chinese 體力勞動 |
| | You shouldn't do physical labour when you're pregnant. |
skilled labor (US),
skilled labour (UK) n | (manual work that requires training) | SCSimplified Chinese 技术工 |
slave labor (US),
slave labour (UK) n | (slavery, enforced work) (总称) | SCSimplified Chinese 奴隶，苦力 nú lì，kǔ lì
TCTraditional Chinese 奴隸 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 奴隶劳动，苦役 nú lì láo dòng，kǔ yì |
| | Many of the greatest monuments were built by slave labor. |
slave labor (US),
slave labour (UK) n | figurative (low-paid work) | SCSimplified Chinese 繁重而报酬微薄的工作 fán zhòng ér bào chóu wēi bó de gōng zuò |
| | 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) | SCSimplified Chinese 粗活 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 不需要专门技能的工作 |
unskilled labor (US),
unskilled labour (UK) n | (workforce doing untrained jobs) | SCSimplified Chinese 非熟练工
TCTraditional Chinese 非熟練工 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 粗活工人 |
wage labor (US),
wage labour (UK) n | (paid work done for an employer) | SCSimplified Chinese 雇佣劳务，有偿劳动 |