Toil
[ tɔil ]
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vi. 长时间或辛苦地工作;艰难缓慢地移动;跋涉;
n. 报酬很低的苦活，苦工;罗网，圈套;
📝 例句
He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil.
遇到邻居要他帮忙，即使最繁重的工作，他也从来不拒绝。
A lion was caught in the toil.
狮子落入了陷阱。
Carrying heavy loads, they toiled along the road.
他们身背重负,沿着道路艰难行进。
Every single grain is the result of toil.
每一粒粮食都来之不易。
They toiled all day digging the trench.
他们整天艰苦地挖壕沟。
🌱 联想助记
【串】foil(阻挠)农民在soil(土地)toil(辛苦工作),农民boil(沸腾)了
【记】※ tail-尾巴,toil-苦工:拖着尾巴做苦工
※ t-拼音“偷”,oil-油:偷油是一件很辛苦的工作
※ t-拼音“特”,oil-石油:让模特采石油体验辛苦
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
toil
v
(fml or rhet 文或修辞)
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, It]
~ away (at/over sth) work long or hard 长时间或辛苦工作
students toiling over their homework 辛辛苦苦做功课的学生
We toiled away all afternoon to get the house ready for our guests. 我们忙了一下午收拾房子准备迎接宾客.
2 [Ipr, Ip] move slowly and with difficulty in the specified direction 缓慢而艰难地向某方向移动
The bus toiled up the steep hill. 公共汽车艰难地爬上陡峭的山岗.
The ground was muddy and uneven, but we toiled on. 地面泥泞不平, 我们仍吃力地向前走. toil, n [U]
(fml or rhet 文或修辞) hard or lengthy work 辛苦的或长时间的工作
after years of toil 辛苦地工作了多年之後. =>Usage at work1 用法见 work1.
🔁 扩展释义
*[tɒil]n. 辛苦, 苦工, 网, 罗网, 圈套vi. 苦干, 跋涉【法】 劳苦, 辛苦工作, 网
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The wall behind looks a bit grey and dull. What can we do to make it look less ugly?
后面那堵墙看起来有点暗。我们能不能让它漂亮点？
It was important to carry out the work quickly, so an extra team of men were asked to work on the repairs one evening.
因为尽快投入修理工作显得十分重要，于是一天晚上加派了一支工作队来参加维修工作。
So another astonishing fact came to light.
于是又发现了一个惊人的事实。