labour - traduzione in Inglese
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Labor; Labor (disambiguation); Labour (disambiguation); Labors; Labours; Labored; Laboured; Laboring; Labouring
labour
n. tillage, ploughing, digging
labourer
plow, dig, till; scratch, furrow
provoquer l'accouchement
induce labour
Definizione
labour
(US & Austral. labor)
¦ noun
1. work, especially hard physical work.
2. workers, especially manual workers, collectively.
3. (Labour) [treated as sing. or plural] the Labour Party.
4. the process of childbirth from the start of uterine contractions to delivery.
¦ verb
1. work hard.
work at an unskilled manual job.
archaic till (the ground).
2. have difficulty despite working hard.
move with difficulty.
(of an engine) work noisily and with difficulty.
(of a ship) roll or pitch heavily.
3. (labour under) be misled by (a mistaken belief).
Phrases
a labour of love a task done for pleasure, not reward.
labour the point explain or discuss something at excessive length.
Origin
ME: from OFr. labour (n.), labourer (v.), both from L. labor 'toil, trouble'.
Wikipedia
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
- Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
- Labour (human activity), or work
- Manual labour, physical work
- Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
- Organized labour and the labour movement, consisting principally of labour unions
- The Labour Party (UK)
Esempi di pronuncia per labour
1. Labour-- and
Dubner _ Talks at Google
2. called the Labour Party, the leader of the Labour Party
Democracy at Work - Curing Capitalism _ Richard Wolff _ Talks at Google
3. I'm not new Labour.
Lessons from the Top _ BBC's Gavin Esler _ Talks at Google
4. Labour voters than Conservative voters.
The Signal and the Noise _ Nate Silver _ Talks at Google
5. attack Labour on their economic record, or Labour to
Lessons from the Top _ BBC's Gavin Esler _ Talks at Google
Esempi dal corpus di testo per labour
1. Ni Old Labour, ni New Labour, Ken Livingstone a un passé trotskiste qui lui a longtemps collé ŕ la peau. «C‘est difficile de l‘identifier au Parti travailliste britannique.
2. Une situation qui rendrait la tâche du New Labour impossible.
3. Quand il s‘engage dans les rangs du Labour, Blair oscille.
4. Si la défaite du Labour était attendue, son ampleur surprend.
5. Il n‘empęche que le Labour est désormais dos au mur.