labour² BrE 【英】， laborAmE 【美】 v 1 [I] to work very hard 苦干: farmers laboring in the fields 在田里辛勤工作的农民 + over He laboured over the report for hours. 他花了很长时间来写那份报告。 2 to do something with difficulty 费力地〔做某事〕: labour to do something The group has spent ten years labouring to bring a ballet company to the city. 这团体十年来辛勤工作，在那城市成立了一个芭蕾舞团。