labour-intensive
labour-intensive — adjective
1. describes a business, process, or kind of work that depends on many workers each
describes a business, process, or kind of work that depends on many workers each day instead of mainly on machines or expensive equipment.
The tea farm is still labour-intensive because workers pick every leaf by hand.
labour-intensive because work is done by hand
Adaeze avoided the factory job because the labour-intensive work paid too little.
The company moved sewing overseas when labour-intensive production became too expensive.
Even with new tools, Rafael's family bakery remains labour-intensive during the holiday rush.
- manual
broader; focuses on work done by hand, not necessarily on needing many workers
- staff-heavy
more informal; emphasizes needing a large number of employees
- automated
describes work mostly done by machines or software
- capital-intensive
emphasizes large investment in equipment or money rather than human labour
文法句型
labour-intensive + noun (industry, process, work, farming)
be/remain + labour-intensive
用法筆記
Common in business and economics writing. British spelling uses labour-; American English usually writes labor-intensive.