labour: [13] Labour comes via Old French labour from Latin labor. This has been linked with the verb labāre ‘slip’, and if the two were related it would mean that the underlying etymological meaning of labour was something like ‘stumble under a burden’. Most of the modern European descendants of Latin labor have progressed from the broad sense ‘work, exertion’ to more specialized meanings – French labourer denotes ‘plough’, for instance, and Spanish labrar ‘plough, carve, embroider’, etc. English has retained it as a formal alternative to work, although the additional obstetric sense developed in the 16th century.
labour
chiefly British English spelling of labor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or. As short for "the British Labour Party" it is from 1906.
雙語例句
1. It was the uncommitted that Labour needed to reach.
工黨需要拉攏的是未表態(tài)者。
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2. He's been a keen supporter of the Labour Party all his life.
他一生都是工黨的熱情擁護(hù)者。
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3. The Independent Labour Party was founded in Bradford on January 13, 1893.
獨(dú)立工黨1893年1月13日在布拉德福德成立。
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4. The Labour government has to date resisted all supplications.
到目前為止工黨政府回絕了所有的請(qǐng)?jiān)盖笄椤?/dd>
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5. He might decide that it is best to induce labour.