| 釋義 |
labourn.
1. exertion,effort盡力，努力。
△Mac.5.7.37 (5.8.8):“Thou losest labour.”你白費(fèi)力氣。
△ 3H.VI.1.4.19: “We budged again,as I have seen a swan / Withbootless labour swim against the tide”，我們還是又退了，就像我見(jiàn)過(guò)的一只天鵝逆著潮水拼命泅水、毫無(wú)結(jié)果。
△H.VIII.1.1.25: “that their very labour / Was to them as apainting.”把她們累得滿臉通紅，好像搽了胭脂。
2. pains taken辛苦。
△Tw.3.1.74 (66): “As full oflabour as a wise man’s art；”就像聰明人的技巧一樣是百般辛苦的。
△Oth.4.1.38:“To confess,and be hangedfor his labour”，先招供，再把他絞死，作為對(duì)他的酬勞。
△H.V.3.6.170 (158): “There’s for thy labour,Montjoy.”(At this point Henry hands him a gift ofmoney for his services.) 這個(gè)酬勞你的辛苦，蒙喬。
△3H.VI. 3.1.31:“If this news be true,/ Poor queenand son,your labour is but lost；”如果這個(gè)消息屬實(shí)，可憐的王后和王子，你們的辛苦就白費(fèi)了。
△ H.VIII.2.1.3: “I’llsave you / That labour,sir.”我可以讓你省去這一趟辛苦，先生。
3. painful exertion,toil辛勞，勞累。
△1H.IV.4.3.23:“Their courage with hard labour tame and dull，”由于勞累，他們的勇氣也消沉而遲鈍了。
△2H.VI.1.1.96 (95):“And shall these labours and these honours die?”難道這一切辛勞和這一切光榮都要化為烏有嗎？
4. pain,trouble痛苦，煩惱。
△Gent.1.1.33:“If lost,why then a grievous labour won”，如果失敗了，更是極大的痛苦。
△Mac.1.4.44:“The rest is labour,which isnot used for you.”i.e.The leisure that is not employed in your service is pain; it is irksome,not enjoy-able. 不為陛下效勞，閑暇就成了苦役。
△2H.IV.4.4.118:“The incessant care and labour of his mind”，他內(nèi)心里不斷的憂慮和煩惱。
5. pangs of childbirth分娩的陣痛。
△H.VIII. 5. 1. 18:“The Queen’s in labour.”王后正在臨產(chǎn)的陣痛之中。
6. feat業(yè)績(jī)。
△R.III. 2.1.52 (53):“A blessed labour,my most sovereign lord.”這是神圣的業(yè)績(jī)，我的至高無(wú)上的君主。
Phrases:
double labour: double toil or trouble雙倍的辛苦，雙倍的麻煩。
△1H.IV.3.3.200 (179): “O,I do not like thatpaying back，’tis a double labour.”啊，我不喜歡這樣還錢，這是雙倍的麻煩。
full of labours: very serviceable,most industrious非常有用的，極其辛勤的。
△Lr.1.4.6: “So may it come,thy master,whom thou lovest,/ Shall find thee fullof labours.”早晚會(huì)有這么一天，你所愛(ài)戴的主人會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)你大大有用的。
labourvt.
1. work for,endeavour to bring about為…而工作，努力導(dǎo)致。
△R.III.1.4.255 (245): “And hugged me in hisarms,and swore with sobs / That he would labour mydelivery.”他把我擁抱在懷里，并且嗚咽著發(fā)誓說(shuō)他要盡力使我獲得釋放。
2. work out,bring forth做出，產(chǎn)生。
△Ado.5.1.295(282): “if your love / Can labour aught in sad inven-tion，”如果你的愛(ài)情還能夠使你謅出幾句悲悼的詩(shī)歌。
～ vi.
1. work,take pains出力，費(fèi)心。
△Com.3.2. 37:“whylabour you / To make it wander in an unknownfield?”你為什么一定要把它引到一個(gè)陌生地方去游歷？
2. endeavour,strive盡力，竭力。
△As.1.1.148 (140):“and have by underhand means laboured to dissuadehim from it；”也曾在私下里竭力勸他不要做這件事。
△ Lr.3.1.16:“None but the Fool,who labours to outjest /His heart-strook (= heart-struck) injuries.”只有那個(gè)傻子，他竭力說(shuō)笑話來(lái)排解他內(nèi)心的傷痛。
△ Mac. 1.3.114:“He laboured in his country’s wrack，” i.e. He workedto wreck the vessel of his state; he strove to ruin hiscountry.他力圖顛覆自己的國(guó)家。
△ Mac. 1. 4. 28:“I havebegun to plant thee,and will labour / To make theefull of growing.”我已經(jīng)開(kāi)始栽培你了，并將盡力使你充分成長(zhǎng)。
△1H.VI.2.5.80: “They laboured to plant therightful heir，”他們努力擁戴合法繼承人就位。
△2H.VI.1.1.181 (180): “Pride went before,Ambition followshim,/While these do labour for their ownpreferment。/ Behooves it us to labour for therealm.”( Pride:i.e.the.Cardinal; Ambition;Buckingham and Somerset. )驕傲前面走，野心后邊跟。這些人為他們自己升官晉級(jí)而努力，我們卻應(yīng)該為國(guó)家而努力。
△2H.VI.3.1.239:“The King will labour still to savehis life；”國(guó)王定要不斷努力救他的性命。
△2H.VI.3.2.137:“My thoughts that labour to persuade my soul /Some violent hands were laid on Humphrey's life!”我這些思想竭力使自己內(nèi)心相信有什么強(qiáng)暴的手害了亨弗雷的性命！
△H.VIII.3.2.191 (190): “I do profess,. That foryour Highness’ good I ever laboured More thanmine own:”我大膽啟奏，我為了陛下的利益而盡心竭力，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò)我個(gè)人的利益。
3. work hard.toil,make painful effort 艱苦工作，苦干.進(jìn)行辛苦的努力。
△Lr.4.6.2: “You do climb up itnow. Look how we labour.”你現(xiàn)在正在往山上爬?？次覀兌嗝闯粤Α?br/>△2H.IV.2.2.32(28):“How ill it follows,after you have laboured so hard,you should talk so i-dlely!”(laboured so hard:referring to the prince's ex-ertions at the Battle of Shrewsbury.) 在你出力打仗(又譯：辛苦工作)之后，竟說(shuō)出這樣無(wú)聊的話來(lái)，真是太不好了！
4.?endeavour,work hard努力，艱苦工作。
?sufferthe pains of childbirth,travail 經(jīng)受產(chǎn)前陣痛，臨產(chǎn)。
△Oth.2.1.127: “But my Muse labours,And thusshe is delivered. ”但是我的詩(shī)神已在努力工作(雙關(guān)：已經(jīng)臨產(chǎn))，現(xiàn)在可以說(shuō)出來(lái)了(雙關(guān)：現(xiàn)在這樣生出來(lái)了)。 labour分娩指妊娠28周以后，胎兒及其附屬物(胎盤、胎膜 、臍帶、羊水等)由子宮內(nèi)排出的過(guò)程。正常分娩過(guò)程分為3個(gè)階段，即從臨產(chǎn)到子宮頸口開(kāi)全，到胎兒娩出，再到排出附屬物，稱為3個(gè)產(chǎn)程。全過(guò)程對(duì)初產(chǎn)婦約為13小時(shí)，對(duì)經(jīng)產(chǎn)婦約為6～7小時(shí)。 |