labor of love

短语

自愿从事的工作,喜欢做的工作

发音

AU

词形变化

labors of love 复数 labors of love

别名

labour of love

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement; an altruistic work or undertaking.

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    美国 习语

    Writing a textbook has become more a labor of love than a money-making enterprise, wrote the professor, because of the peculiar way the books are now marketed.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

labour of love

上位词 5

project task labor labour undertaking

词源

Calque of Koine Greek κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης in several epistles in the Christian New Testament

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