| 单词 | labour-saving |
| 释义 | labour-saving adjective UK(USlabor-saving)uk/ˈleɪ.bəˌseɪ.vɪŋ/us/ˈleɪ.bɚˌseɪ.vɪŋ/A labour-savingdeviceormethodis one thatsavesa lot ofeffortandtime. 省时省力的Efficient and effective
labour-saving| Business Englishlabour-saving adjective[before noun] WORKPLACEUK(USlabor-saving)ukusabletosavetimeandeffort: Whentechnologyworks, it's awonderfullabour-savingdevice. labour-savingmachinery/technology Examplesoflabour-savinglabour-saving One element of change at the mineface was the introduction of machinery, some of itlabour-saving. From theCambridge English Corpus Mowing with a scythe waslabour-saving, but a scythe required more skill than the sickle. From theCambridge English Corpus The domestic economy is a low technology form of production based on manual labour and fewlabour-savingdevices. From theCambridge English Corpus Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, cane-harvest mechanisation had been a conspicuous example of 'labour-savingtechnical progress ' permitting large increases in output and labour-productivity. From theCambridge English Corpus Thanks to modernlabour-savinghousehold appliances, they have won ' ' the garden battles, ' ' turning their dirt yards into gardens full of flowers and vegetables. From theCambridge English Corpus For these women, being in their normal environment when shopping islabour-saving. From theCambridge English Corpus It may belabour-saving, and more effective, to have an automatic limitation showing when the period of two hours has expired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We should enable these people to buy thelabour-savingdevices they require at home as cheaply as possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was asked what in his view was mostlabour-saving, and he said "a kitchen maid". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It led to the introduction oflabour-savingmachinery and to the better utilisation of water power. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These may be divided into, first, the number of unions, second, the demarcation restrictions, and, third,labour-savingdevices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is patently obvious that they are, wherever possible, going to spend it onlabour-savingcomputers and automatons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The object of grouping is to produce a contract of sufficient size to allow the application of economical andlabour-savingmethods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is true there is hard physical work at certain seasons of the year, but with modernlabour-savingmachinery there is little drudgery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In page 16 of their report they indulge in a very doleful criticism of the effect oflabour-savingmachinery upon labour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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