labouring
present participle oflabour
| 单词 | labouring |
| 释义 | labouring present participle oflabour labour verb UK(USlabor)uk/ˈleɪ.bər/us/ˈleɪ.bɚ/[I] to do hardphysicalwork: HetravelledaroundEuropelabouring topayhis way. [+ to infinitive]Threehoursafter theexplosion,rescueteamswere still labouringtofreethosetrapped. [I+ adv/prep] to do somethingslowlywithgreatphysicalormentaleffort: He laboured up thehillwith hisheavyload. She's been labouring over the samearticlefordays. Work, working and the workplace
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Slow and moving slowly Idiomslabour the point labour under the delusion, illusion, misapprehension, etc. Examplesoflabouringlabouring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But somehow the idea took hold among thelabouringpoor that the parson, per se, was their sworn enemy. From theCambridge English Corpus Back in 1973, there was no suggestion that the woman was everlabouringunder any kind of ideological false consciousness. From theCambridge English Corpus For the sixteenth century, the share of craftsmen in thelabouringpopulation is hard to measure. From theCambridge English Corpus Living standards for thelabouringclasses declined sharply in the sixteenth century, and remained low in the seventeenth century. From theCambridge English Corpus The previous section outlined some of the problems inherent in defining the amorphous but substantial 'labouring' section of the population. From theCambridge English Corpus The implementation of the new legislation hitlabouringfamilies hard. From theCambridge English Corpus As a result, said one area farmer, ' a very large proportion of thelabouringclasses never take any other food than potatoes'. From theCambridge English Corpus In this way, thelabouringbody and its role in the act of construction was politicised. From theCambridge English Corpus Few data are available for its use in preterm, emergency,labouringor hypertensive patients, or in cases where there is preexisting fetal compromise. From theCambridge English Corpus The trends in stature suggest that the living standards of thelabouringclasses gradually deteriorated from the 1870s. From theCambridge English Corpus For many in the working classes, the auto represented liberation for thelabouringman and his family, or even a tool in the revolutionary struggle. From theCambridge English Corpus The sufferings of the survivors, especially of the widow of thelabouringclasses, are often protracted to a fatal extent. From theCambridge English Corpus These women were generally younger maidservants andlabouringwomen in their twenties and thirties. From theCambridge English Corpus This garment illustrates items of popular fashion, as worn by middling andlabouringwomen. From theCambridge English Corpus The use of an immature, uneducated workforcelabouringfor little monetary reward and accorded low status is worrying. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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