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toils

英 [tɔɪlz]

美 [tɔɪlz]

n.  牢笼; 罗网
v.  (长时间)苦干,辛勤劳作; 艰难缓慢地移动; 跋涉
toil的第三人称单数

牛津词典

    noun

    • 牢笼;罗网
      if you are caught in the toils of an unpleasant feeling or situation, you cannot escape from it

      柯林斯词典

      • VERB 苦干;辛勤劳动
        When peopletoil, they work very hard doing unpleasant or tiring tasks.
        1. People who toiled in dim, dank factories were too exhausted to enjoy their family life...
          在昏暗潮湿的工厂辛苦劳作的人们累得无力再去享受家庭生活。
        2. Workers toiled long hours.
          工人们长时间辛苦劳动。
        3. Toil awaymeans the same astoil.
          toil away 同 toil
        4. She has toiled away at the violin for years...
          她多年来苦练小提琴。
        5. Nora toils away serving burgers at the local cafe.
          诺拉在当地小餐馆干着一份为客人端送汉堡包的辛苦活儿。
      • VERB (通常指因疲倦而)费劲地行走,艰难地行动
        If youtoilsomewhere, you move there slowly and with difficulty, usually because you are very tired.
        1. Arnold had his head down, gasping as he toiled up the hill.
          阿诺德垂着头,一边费劲地往山上爬一边气喘吁吁。
      • 苦工;苦活
        Toilis unpleasant work that is very tiring physically.

        双语例句

        • Why is one man a genius in his work or profession while the other man toils and moils all his life without doing or accomplishing anything worthwhile?
          为何有的人在其工作或专业中造诣非凡,而有的人在他的一生中劳心劳力,却没有做或完成任何值得花精力去做的事?
        • Likewise she watched his toils, and knew the measure of the midnight oil he burned.
          她同样注意到了他的刻苦。她知道他晚上要熬夜到什么时候。
        • These lawless men will be caught in the toils of law sooner or later.
          这些不法之徒迟早会落入法网。
        • A face that toils so close to stones is already stone itself!
          这一张饱经磨难近似石头般坚硬的面子已经自己化成了石头!
        • From morning till night he toils and works on some scheme which will meet a social need or solve a social problem.
          从早到晚他都忙于制定一些满足社会需求或解决社会问题的计划。
        • The liberty of staying where they are, and refusing to descend again to those prisoners, or partake of their toils and honors, be they mean or be they exalted.
          保持在这个高度,而不让他们回到囚徒状态,与他们共享辛苦和荣誉,无论卑微或者尊贵。
        • In short, the wily old Jew had the boy in his toils. That sly dog grabbed a cookie from the table while no one was in the room.
          简而言之,狡猾的老犹太使那个孩子陷入了他的罗网。房间里没有人的时候,那只狡猾的狗从桌子上衔了一块小甜饼。
        • It had enticed Lyman into its toils to pluck from him his manhood and his honesty, corrupting him and poisoning him beyond redemption.
          它使莱门上了圈套,来剥夺他的人格和诚实的心灵,腐蚀他,毒害他,弄得无可救药。
        • Many hard-working employees have an even harder-working boss who toils late into the night.
          许多辛勤工作的员工都有一个更加辛勤工作、经常加班到深夜的老板。
        • At that time, our whole family were living countryside and suffering toils.
          那时候我们在乡下生活,说起来蛮苦,蛮累。