Eight-hour system of labour
[经] 八小时工作制
🧩 词语组成解析
eight
[et]
num. 八;八个;第八;
n. 八;八人（或物）一组;八人划船队;
adj. 八个的;
hour
['aʊɚ]
n. 小时，钟头;时间，时刻;固定时间;课时;
of
[əv]
prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];
labour
['leibə]
n. 劳动;劳工;分娩，临产阵痛;工作，活计;
vi. 劳动，努力;艰难行进;分娩，产前阵痛;使疲倦;
🗣️ 情景例句
It's a nap. Tomorrow morning at ten o'clock.
简单得很。明早十点。
In for a penny,in for a pound.
做事一开头，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。
Mrs.Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre.
理查兹夫人这才想到一定是供电局来人查电表了。