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单词 labor
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labor
noun,verb
uk
/ˈleɪ.bər/us
/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
USspelling oflabour
（labour的美式拼写）
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Labor
noun[+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈleɪ.bər/us
/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
(abbreviationALP)
the LaborParty, an Australianpoliticalpartythatbelievesinsocialequalityand therightsofworkers
（澳大利亚）工党
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Labournoun
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(Definition oflaborfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

labor| American Dictionary

labor
noun[U]
(CdnBrlabour)
us
/ˈleɪ·bər/

labornoun[U](WORK)

practicalwork,esp.workthatinvolvesphysicaleffort:
Thecarpartsthemselves are notexpensive– it’s the labor thatcostsso much.
Labor also refers to theworkersthemselves,esp. those who dopracticalworkwiththeirhands:
skilled/unskilledlabor
labor-saving
A labor-savingdeviceormethodis one thatsavesa lot ofeffortandtime.

labornoun[U](BIRTH)

the laststageofpregnancywhen themusclesof theuterusstarttopushthebabyout of thebody, usuallylastinguntil thebabyappears:
She went into(=started)labor at twelve o’clock lastnight.
labor
verb[I]
(CdnBrlabour)
us
/ˈleɪ·bər/

laborverb[I](WORK)

to do hardphysicalwork:
[+ to infinitive]Hours after theexplosion,rescueteamswere stilllaboringtofreethosetrapped.
(Definition oflaborfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

labor| Business English

labor
noun[U]
HRUS
uk
/ˈleɪbər/us
→labour
(Definition oflaborfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflabor

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We also make the assumption that there is unemployment and therefore no extra cost for recruitinglabor.
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Thus, direct or tacit pronatalism survived because of historically specific, regional demands forlabor.
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Despite the inefficiency,laborservices could have survived under previous regimes because of path-dependence.
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In short, technical change in lowland areas has significantly increased demand forlaboron lowland farms.
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Unlike the case of tree planting, however, fallowing of food crop fields does not requirelaboreffort and, hence, tends to weaken land rights.
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However, most studies of hand skill tested performance on unimanual tasks that have a clear division oflaborbetween the hands.
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Thus, an income tax (on bothlaborand capital income) is used to cover the debt repayment.
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First, the accumulation of past idiosyncratic exogenous total factor productivity shocks enhances thelabor-augmenting technology and has a positive permanent impact onlaborefficiency.
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The prices on each activity depended more on a billing structure than the truelaborand material that comprised the activity.
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A cultural study of market society - a nonreductionist study - would see people as both producers and consumers, born oflaborand desire.
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Within agriculture, persistentlaborabundance has favored annual crops, which are relativelylaborintensive, and vegetables in particular.
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This point is demonstrated using an equilibrium business cycle model featuring heterogeneous households, endogenouslaborsupply and liquidity constraints.
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Expression of connexin-43 and connexin-26 in the rat myometrium during pregnancy andlaboris differentially regulated by mechanical and hormonal signals.
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Thus, it does not appear that over time, social democraticlabormarket institutions have significantly been dismantled.
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Soon after, yield must have become a primary objective as greater yield would have substantially reduced thelaborinput and land needs.
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