labor

英 ['leɪbə(r)] 美 ['lebɚ]

谐音助记：累呗。劳动就是累呗。

labor 劳动

来自拉丁语labor,劳作，努力，辛劳。

labor (n.): c. 1300, "a task, a project;" later "exertion of the body; trouble, difficulty, hardship" (late 14c.), from Old French labor "labor, toil, work, exertion, task" (12c., Modern French labeur), from Latin laborem (nominative labor) "labor, toil, exertion; hardship, pain, fatigue; a work, a product of labor," of uncertain origin, perhaps originally from the notion of "tottering under a burden," and related to labere "to totter."

Meaning "body of laborers considered as a class" (usually contrasted to capitalists) is from 1839. Sense of "physical exertions of childbirth" is 1590s, earlier labour of birthe (early 15c.), a sense also found in Old French, and compare French en travail "in (childbirth) suffering" (see travail). Labor Day first marked 1882 in New York City.
labor (v.): late 14c., "perform manual or physical work; work hard; keep busy; take pains, strive, endeavor" (also "copulate"), from Old French laborer "work, toil; struggle, have difficulty," from Latin laborare, from labor (see labor (n.)). The verb in modern French, Spanish, Portuguese means "to plow;" the wider sense being taken by the equivalent of English travail. Sense of "to endure pain, suffer" is early 15c., especially in phrase labor of child. Related: Labored; laboring.

1. Each family farms individually and reaps the benefit of its labor.: 各家经营各自的农场，收获各自的劳动成果。

2. The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday.: 因庆祝劳工节，这个交易日交易时间缩短了。

3. The British Labor Party concludes its annual conference today in Brighton.: 英国工党的年度会议今天在布赖顿闭幕。

4. The Labor Department figures underscore the shaky state of the economic recovery.: 劳工部的数据进一步印证了经济复苏状况的不稳定。

5. The current division of labor between workers and management will alter.: 当前工人与管理部门的分工将会改变。