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labour (also labor) verb
⇨ work 1labour (also labor) noun
⇨ work 1work1 verb work on an assignment 做作业work as a teacher/in education 当老师；从事教育工作The phone isn't working. 这部电话坏了。work ♦︎ labour ♦︎ toil ♦︎ slaveThese words all mean to do sth that involves physical or mental effort. 这些词均表示做体力或脑力工作。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to work / labour / toil at sth◆to labour / slave over sth◆to work / labour / toil / slave away◆to work / labour / toil endlessly / long and hard / tirelessly■ work [intransitive, transitive] to do sth that involves physical or mental effort, especially as part of a job 做体力（或脑力）工作；劳动◆I can't work if I'm cold.我要是觉得冷就干不了活。◆He is working on a new novel.他正在写一部新小说。◆She's outside, working on the car.她在外面修车呢。◆Doctors often work very long hours.医生经常长时间工作。■ labour (BrE) (NAmE labor) / /ˈleɪbə(r)/ / [intransitive] (rather formal, especially written) to do hard physical work 干体力活◆They laboured all day in the fields.他们一整天都在地里干活。■ toil [intransitive] (formal or literary) to work very hard and/or for a long time （长时间）苦干，辛勤劳作◆Hundreds of men toiled for years at building the pyramid.建这座金字塔，数百人苦干了多年。■ slave [intransitive] (rather informal, especially spoken, usually disapproving) to work very hard 苦干；没命地工作◆I've been slaving away all day trying to get this work finished.我整天苦干，想把这项工作赶完。◆I haven't got time to spend hours slaving over a hot stove (= doing a lot of cooking).我没时间老围着锅台转。ⓘ Slave is usually used when you think that you have/sb has been working too hard. * slave通常用来表示自己或他人工作过于辛苦。 work1 noun hard work 用功find work 找工作do pioneering work in microbiology 在微生物领域作探索性研究a work of fiction/art 小说；艺术品work ♦︎ labour ♦︎ service ♦︎ toil ♦︎ drudgery ♦︎ slogThese are all words for the use of physical strength or mental power in order to do or make sth. 这些词均表示工作、劳动。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆hard work / labour / toil / slog◆daily work / labour / toil / drudgery / slog◆manual / physical / honest / unremitting work / labour / toil◆hours / years / a lifetime of work / labour / service / toil / drudgery■ work [uncountable] the use of physical strength or mental power in order to do or make sth 工作；劳动◆She earned her grades through sheer hard work.她的学习成绩完全靠刻苦用功得来。◆We started work on the project in 2002.我们于2002年开始干这个项目。◆Work continues on renovating the hotel.这家宾馆的修缮工作在继续。◆Let's get to work (= start working).我们开始工作吧。◆She set them to work painting the fence.她让他们给栅栏刷油漆。■ labour (BrE) (NAmE labor) / /ˈleɪbə(r)/ / [uncountable] work, especially physical work 劳动；（尤指）体力劳动◆These women were generally accustomed to hard manual labour (= work using their hands).这些妇女对繁重的体力劳动一般都习以为常了。◆The price will include the labour and materials.这个价格包含劳务费和材料费。◆The company wants to keep down labour costs.这家公司想保持低劳动成本。■ service [uncountable] the work that sb does for an organization, especially when it continues for a long time or is admired very much （尤指长期、受到敬重的）工作，效劳，服务◆She has just celebrated 25 years' service with the company.她刚刚庆祝在公司任职25周年。◆The employees have good conditions of service.员工有良好的工作条件。■ toil [uncountable] (formal or literary) hard unpleasant work that makes you very tired 苦工；劳累的工作◆His hands bore the scars of a life of hardship and toil.他手上的疤痕记录着他一生的艰辛和劳苦。■ drudgery / /ˈdrʌdʒəri/ / [uncountable] (disapproving) hard boring work, especially housework or office work 繁重无聊的工作（尤指家务或办公室的工作）◆Once married, she was condemned to a life of domestic drudgery.一旦结婚，她就注定过家务繁重的生活了。■ slog [countable, usually singular] (informal, disapproving) sth that is difficult or boring, or that requires a lot of hard work, such as a long, tiring walk 艰苦（或乏味）的努力（如长距离、疲惫地行走）◆It was a long slog to the top of the mountain.到山顶的路漫长而又艰难。ⓘ Especially in British English slog [uncountable] can also be a period of hard work or effort. 尤其在英式英语中，slog还可以指一段时间的艰苦工作或努力◆ (especially BrE) Writing the book took ten months of hard slog.这本书是用了十个月的时间辛苦写出来的。 |