labour-intensive

• Descreve um processo, atividade ou setor que exige grande quantidade de mão de obra humana e esforço, em comparação com capital ou tecnologia.

Describes a process or industry that requires a large amount of human work and effort relative to capital or machinery.

1. Requiring much laborB2formal

   Describing a process or industry that needs a large amount of human work relative to machinery or capital investment.

   Mão de obra intensiva

   • The textile industry is highly labour-intensive in many developing countries.
   • Harvesting crops by hand is a labour-intensive task.
   • The company moved away from labour-intensive manufacturing to automated production.

   Sinônimoslabor-intensivelaborious

   Antônimosautomatedmechanized