labour
gb/lˈeɪbɚ/ us/lˈeɪbɚ/
A2
Anh
~ 900
Các nghĩa
0 nghĩa
Danh từ
A2
action
1
Work, especially hard work
Work that needs a lot of effort, especially physical work.
Mẫu sử dụng:
[someone] does labour
Lỗi thường gặp:
Learners sometimes confuse 'labour' with 'laboratory' because of similar spelling; they are unrelated in meaning.
Từ đồng nghĩa
work (The most general term; 'labour' often emphasizes effort or physicality.)
|
toil (Implies continuous hard work, often with difficulty.)
Từ trái nghĩa
rest (The opposite state of taking a break from work or effort.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
manual labour
|hard labour
|skilled labour
|cheap labour
|labour force
|labour market
Chủ đề
work
|economy
|daily life
|education
|core_vocabulary
Ví dụ
- The construction of the bridge required months of hard labour.
- Farmers often rely on seasonal labour to harvest crops.
- The project involved both skilled and unskilled labour.
- Cheap labour can be found in some developing countries.
- He was sentenced to five years of hard labour.
Ví dụ cho người học
- Building the house took a lot of labour.
- Farm work is hard labour.
- The company needs more labour for the project.
- She does manual labour every day.
Danh từ
B1
event
2
Process of giving birth
The process when a baby comes out of its mother.
Mẫu sử dụng:
[someone] is in labour
Lỗi thường gặp:
Some learners confuse 'labour' in this sense with 'labour' meaning work; context about pregnancy and birth clarifies the meaning.
Từ đồng nghĩa
childbirth (General term for the act of having a baby; 'labour' refers specifically to the process leading up to and including delivery.)
Từ trái nghĩa
pregnancy (The state before the process of giving birth begins.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
go into labour
|in labour
|labour pains
|prolonged labour
Chủ đề
health
|family
|body
Ví dụ
- She went into labour early in the morning.
- The nurse stayed with her throughout her labour.
- Labour can last for many hours.
- The doctor monitored the progress of her labour carefully.
Ví dụ cho người học
- She is in labour now.
- The woman went into labour at night.
- Her labour lasted six hours.
Danh từ
B1
entity
3
Workers as a group
All the people who work in a country or company.
Mẫu sử dụng:
[company/country] has [amount/type] of labour
Từ đồng nghĩa
workforce (Neutral term for all workers; 'labour' is often used in economic or political contexts.)
Từ trái nghĩa
management (Refers to those who control or direct workers rather than the workers themselves.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
skilled labour
|unskilled labour
|labour shortage
|labour costs
Chủ đề
work
|economy
|business
Ví dụ
- The factory depends on skilled labour from abroad.
- There is a shortage of labour in the agricultural sector.
- Labour costs have risen sharply this year.
Ví dụ cho người học
- The company needs more skilled labour.
- Labour is expensive in this country.
- The farm has a shortage of labour.
Động từ
B2
action
4
To work hard at something
To work very hard for a long time.
Mẫu sử dụng:
to labour [doing something]
Từ đồng nghĩa
toil (Emphasizes continuous, exhausting work.)
|
struggle (Focuses more on difficulty than on physical effort.)
Từ trái nghĩa
rest (To stop working and relax.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
labour over details
|labour in the fields
Chủ đề
work
|core_vocabulary
Ví dụ
- They laboured over the report for weeks.
- Workers laboured in the hot sun all day.
- She laboured to finish her degree while raising two children.
Ví dụ cho người học
- He laboured in the garden all day.
- They laboured over the homework for hours.
- She laboured to carry the heavy box.
Danh từ
B2
entity
5
Workers' political movement or party
A political group that wants to help workers and supports left-wing ideas.
Từ đồng nghĩa
socialism (A broader political ideology; 'Labour' refers to specific parties or movements within that spectrum.)
Từ trái nghĩa
conservatism (A political ideology generally opposing many Labour policies.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
Labour Party
Chủ đề
politics
|law
Ví dụ
- The Labour Party won the election by a large margin.
- Labour has promised to increase funding for public services.
- He has been a member of Labour for over twenty years.
Ví dụ cho người học
- Labour won many seats in the election.
- She supports Labour policies.
- Labour wants to help workers.
Ngữ pháp
Dạng từ điển
labour
IPA
GB/lˈeɪbɚ/
US/lˈeɪbɚ/
Âm tiết và trọng âm
la - bour (2 âm tiết)
Stress on 1st syllable (la)
Các dạng từ
Noun
- Base: labour
- Variant Spelling: labor
- Plural: labour, labours
Verb
- Base: labour
- Variant Spelling: labor
- 3rd Person Singular: labours
- Present Participle: labouring
- Past: laboured
Họ từ
Forms
Core family
labourer
noun B1
Related words
laborer
noun B1
Advanced or less common
laborious
adjective B2
laboriously
adverb
Điểm ngữ pháp nổi bật
- Spelling Variant: labor Verb
- Spelling Variant: labor Noun
Cách diễn đạt
go into labour
1/ɡˈoʊ ˈɪntu lˈeɪbɚ/
fixed phrase
Start giving birth
When a woman starts having contractions and the baby is coming.
Ví dụ
- She went into labour two weeks early.
- Call the doctor—she's going into labour now.
hard labour
1/hˈɑɹd lˈeɪbɚ/
fixed phrase
Very hard physical work
Work that needs a lot of strength and energy, sometimes given as punishment in prison.
Ví dụ
- Prisoners were sentenced to ten years of hard labour.
- Farmers face months of hard labour during harvest season.
in labour
1/ˈɪn lˈeɪbɚ/
fixed phrase
Experiencing childbirth contractions
When a woman is having contractions before giving birth.
Ví dụ
- She has been in labour for six hours.
- When I arrived, she was already in labour.
labour of love
1/lˈeɪbɚ əv lˈʌv/
idiom
Work done for pleasure not pay
Work someone does because they enjoy it, not because they get paid.
Ví dụ
- Restoring the old house was a real labour of love for them.
- Writing the book was a labour of love.
manual labour
1/mˈænjuəl lˈeɪbɚ/
fixed phrase
Physical work by hand
Work that needs using your hands and body instead of machines or computers.
Ví dụ
- The job involves a lot of manual labour.
- Manual labour is still common in some industries.