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单词 labour-intensive
释义
labour-intensive
adjective
UK(USlabor-intensive)
uk
/ˌleɪ.bər.ɪnˈten.sɪv/us
/ˌleɪ.bɚ.ɪnˈten.sɪv/
Industries andmethodsthat are labour-intensive need a lot ofworkers:
劳动密集型的
A lot offarmingtechniqueshave beenabandonedbecause they were too labour-intensive.很多耕作方式因其劳动过于密集而被淘汰。
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Complicated and difficult to do
(Definition oflabour-intensivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

labour-intensive| Business English

labour-intensive
adjective
HR,PRODUCTIONUK(USlabor-intensive)
uk
us
if anindustry,process, etc. is labour-intensive, itneedsa lot ofworkers:
Theservicesectoris more labour-intensive and lessproductivethanmanufacturing.
Convertingshaleoiltousablematerialtakesalabor-intensiveprocessthat's veryenvironmentallydamaging.
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capital-intensive
(Definition oflabour-intensivefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The advantage of test scores is that they are notlabour-intensiveand tests can be easily administered to large groups.
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Somelabour-intensivetasks saw no mechanisation at all until very recently, most notably in routine hedging and ditching and in materials handling around the farmstead.
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Machine-based mass production was overwhelmingly dominant in the major factories, andlabour-intensive production retained a practical meaning only in combination with machine use.
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The economic niche for medic pasture has been limited by (1) low farm wages favouringlabour-intensive high-value crops and (2) price subsidies for wheat.
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They also tend to use morelabour-intensivefishing gears than the richer fishermen.
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Also, these poor fishermen were more likely to use thelabour-intensivefishing gears.
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With adequate technical assistance, credit and marketing, small farmers could diversify into otherlabour-intensivecrops such as vegetables, rice and tubers.
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The expanded vegetable and otherlabour-intensivecrops would replace part of the traditional crops as a source of cash income.
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The existence of substitution allows an even greater reduction in marginal cost in each time period, as fishermen substitute morelabour-intensivegears.
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Their heavy consumption, while their occupations were lesslabour-intensive, reflected conservative nutritional strategies.
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In regions of tropical rainforest, maintaining the quality of agricultural land and increasing its area arelabour-intensiveactivities (for example, forest needs to be cleared).
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Indeed, the latter was often referred to as being 'tedious', rather thanlabour-intensive.
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Given that larvae are often deposited at low densities this is a tedious,labour-intensivetask.
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Such sampling and rearing of insects is verylabour-intensive.
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Addressing poverty through other means - most notably by encouraginglabour-intensivegrowth - thus must be an integral part of any solution.
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