labour all day
干苦力活干了一天
We laboured all day in the fields.
我們在田地里辛勤勞動了一整天。

dig (for sth)
掘(地)；鑿(洞)；挖(土):
They are digging for coal / gold / Roman remains.
他們正在挖煤；采掘黃金；掘地探尋古羅馬遺跡。

connect sth (to sth)
使…連接；接通:
First connect the printer to the computer.
首先把打印機與計算機接通。

be functional
實用的
Bathrooms don't have to be purely functional.
浴室不必完全只為了實用。

Sth had dawned.
開始:
A new technological age had dawned.
新技術時代已經開始。

approach (to sth)
(待人接物或思考問題的)方式,方法,態度:
The school has decided to adopt a different approach to discipline.
學校決定采取另外一種方式解決紀律問題。