英语词汇labor of love的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	labor of love
词源	labor of love. A labor of love, a work undertaken for the love or liking of it more than for any compensation, has been a common English expression since the 17th century, and it is much older, deriving from the biblical “Your worke of faith and labour of love” (1 Thess. 1:3).
随便看	man of few words man of letters man of men man of straw man of sumter man of the cars man of the cloth man of the revolution man on the horse man o’ war man proposes god disposes mansard mansei manticore mantra mantuan swan manufacture manure man will prevail man with a belly man without a country man works from sun to sun but woman-s work is never done many a fight is lost left in bed many happy returns many small potatoes and few in a hill

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