| 释义 |
toil¹ /tɔɪl/ n. | vi. | vt. | phr.
I n.
1. 辛苦，劳累
succeed only after years of toil 唯有经数年辛劳后才获得成功
The wealth of industrial society could only come from the toil of the masses. 工业社会的财富只能来自大众的辛勤劳动。
2. 苦工，苦活；难事
Some books are a toil to read. 有些书读起来真费劲。
3. 〈古〉竞争；斗争
II ❶ vi.
1. 苦干，辛勤劳动；辛苦从事(at, on, through)
toil at one's task 辛苦工作
factories where men toiled all through the night 工人们彻夜辛勤劳动着的工厂
toil with one's hands for a living 靠双手劳动谋生
2. 艰苦地行动，艰难地行走
toil up a hill 使劲地往山上爬
toil along the road 艰难地沿路行进
❷ vt.
〈古〉
1. 使过度劳累
2. 费力地完成；费力地做
[< Ang-Fr toiler to struggle < OFr toeillier to confuse < L tudiculāre to stir < tudicula machine for bruising olives < tudes hammer < tundere to beat] phr. toil and moil 艰辛地工作 after many years toiling and moiling for other people 为别人辛辛苦苦地工作了多年以后 toil away 长期劳累 the coal miners toiling away in the black deeps 在矿井黑暗的底层长期劳累的煤矿工人们 |