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词汇 labour/labor
释义
idiomlabour/labor 'labour is the British spelling, and labor is the American spelling.a labour/labor of lovesomething that you do because you like doing it or want to do it, although you are not paid for it and may have to work very hard:The history of the college is a labor of love, written by a woman who was educated there.Mr Jones has repaired one of the houses, but that was a labour of love, and it will be very expensive to repair the others.
phraselabour/laborlabour BrE /labor AmE [laboured, laboured, labouring BrE] [labored, labored, laboring AmE]
labour under BrE /labor under AmE1. labour under a misapprehension/illusion etc formal to believe something that is not true, especially with the result that you make wrong decisions: Western governments still labour under the illusion that diplomatic problems can be resolved by the use of force.2. labour under sth formal to be badly affected by something which makes it difficult for you to progress or be successful: Many of the world's poorest countries labor under a massive burden of debt. During the trial the defence laboured under an unfair disadvantage, in that they did not have access to all the evidence.
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