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词汇 toil
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toil

verb
/tɔɪl/
/tɔɪl/
(formal)
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they toil
/tɔɪl/
/tɔɪl/
he / she / it toils
/tɔɪlz/
/tɔɪlz/
past simple toiled
/tɔɪld/
/tɔɪld/
past participle toiled
/tɔɪld/
/tɔɪld/
-ing form toiling
/ˈtɔɪlɪŋ/
/ˈtɔɪlɪŋ/
  1. [intransitive] to work very hard and/or for a long time, usually doing hard physical work(长时间)苦干,辛勤劳作 synonym slave
    • Hundreds of men toiled for years at building the pyramid.建这座金字塔,数百人苦干了多年。
    • She toils tirelessly for various charities.她不知疲倦地为各种慈善机构工作。
  2. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move slowly and with difficulty艰难缓慢地移动;跋涉 synonym slog
    • They toiled up the hill in the blazing sun.他们冒着炎炎烈日艰难地一步一步爬上山冈。
  3. 词源Middle English (in the senses ‘contend verbally’ and ‘strife’): from Anglo-Norman French toiler ‘strive, dispute’, toil ‘confusion’, from Latin tudiculare ‘stir about’, from tudicula ‘machine for crushing olives’, related to tundere ‘crush’.

toil

noun
/tɔɪl/
/tɔɪl/
[uncountable] (formal or literary)
  1. hard, unpleasant work that makes you very tired苦工;劳累的工作
    • a life of hardship and toil艰难劳苦的一生
    Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • back-breaking
    • grinding
    • hard
    phrases
    • hours, years, etc. of toil
    • sweat and toil
    see also toils
    词源Middle English (in the senses ‘contend verbally’ and ‘strife’): from Anglo-Norman French toiler ‘strive, dispute’, toil ‘confusion’, from Latin tudiculare ‘stir about’, from tudicula ‘machine for crushing olives’, related to tundere ‘crush’.
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