toils
/tɔɪlz/plural noun
- poetic/literary used in reference to a situation regarded as a trap〈诗/文〉陷阱; 圈套：
Henry had become caught in the toils of his own deviousness.
亨利的阴险狡诈把自己坑了。
词源
early 16th cent. (denoting a net into which a hunted quarry is driven)： plural of toil, from Old French toile 'net， trap' （see TOILE）.