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I . labour, labor Am [ˈleıbə] N

1. labour:

labour
(体力)劳动 láodòng
labour
努力 nǔlì
manual labour
体力劳动

3. labour [总称]:

labour
工人 gōngrén
labour
劳动力 láodònglì
labour
工会 gōnghuì
skilled labour
熟练工人

4. labour:

labour
分娩 fēnmiǎn
be in labour
在分娩

II . labour, labor Am [ˈleıbə] VB intr

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1. labour:

labour
劳动 láodòng
labour in the fields
在田里干活

III . labour, labor Am [ˈleıbə] VB trans

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labour agreement, labor agreement Am N

labour contract, labor contract Am N

labour exchange, labor exchange Am N

labour force, labor force Am N

labour-intensive, labor-intensive Am ADJ

Usage examples with labour

labour troubles
工潮
manual labour
体力劳动
skilled labour
熟练工人
labour in the fields
在田里干活
labour and management
劳资双方
be in labour
在分娩
have [or labour] designs on [or against]
对…抱有不良企图 duì…bàoyǒu bùliáng qǐtú
I will not labour the point.
这点我就不详细谈了。
enjoy the fruits of one's labour
享受自己的劳动成果
replace human labo(u)r with [or by] machines
用机器取代人力劳动

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Since then the enterprise has been trying to pull out of the collective labour agreement and has been forced back into it by a bitter strike.
www.europarl.europa.eu
The act eliminates unfair discrimination in certain sectors of the national labour market by imposing similar constraints on another.
en.wikipedia.org
For example, the decision of a worker to be a part of the labour force becomes a dummy dependent variable.
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I do casual labour over at the casual labour office.
cjme.com
During the early years of the government, many political prisoners were sentenced to penal labour.
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In the second semester the students can choose between two options that are to prepare them for two sections of the labour market.
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Firms have the option of producing goods by labour-intensive technique and capital intensive technique.
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He published numerous essays in various intellectual journals, dealing with subjects such as barbarity in the modern age, the troubles of labour movements, and the conflict between anarchism and communism.
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The motive for such bidding is to keep the company's skilled labour employed, even if the project breaks even or makes a loss.
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In the afternoon, she began getting contractions and her labour pains started.
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