喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈleɪbər/ · /ˈleɪbə/勞力 / 勞動

    Hard work, especially work done with your hands and body.

    Hard work辛苦的工作, especially尤其是 work done with your hands and body用手和身體做的工作

    示範例句 · Example

    Building the treehouse took a lot of hard labor.

    逐字蓋這座樹屋花了很多辛苦的勞力。

    「labor」（英式拼成 labour）是「辛苦的工作，尤其是用手和身體出力的那種」。可以想成「流汗出力的活兒」，比一般的 work 更強調「累、費力」。它是不可數名詞，前面不加 a。manual labor 就是「靠雙手做的勞力工作」。

    常見搭配

    • manual labor

      體力勞動、勞力工作

      hard work done with the hands

      The job needs a lot of manual labor.

    • hard labor

      辛苦的勞動

      very tiring physical work

      Clearing the field was hard labor.

    • parts and labor

      零件與工錢

      the cost of materials plus the work

      The repair bill covered parts and labor.

core核心畫面

You can picture labor as effort that makes you sweat — work pushed through with your hands and your body, the kind that tires you out, not the kind done sitting at a desk thinking.

可以把 labor 想成會讓人流汗的那種出力：靠雙手、靠身體硬撐下來的活兒，做完會累、會喘，不是坐在桌前動腦的那種工作。核心畫面比較像扛、挖、搬、推——用身體去換成果。

同家族的字

複數 labors

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Laborname詞源 1

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    informalgovernmentpoliticsThe Australian Labor Party.

    • Nevertheless there is a distinct difference of emphasis, in the sense just indicated, between the two sides of Australian politics. There has always been some international isolationism, too, in Labor circles in Australia.
    • Labor did not regain office until 1929, and then only for a three-year period.

Laborname詞源 2

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    A surname from French.

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