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Toil Work Hard Unpleasant Tɔɪl   [V Ed Long

The word "toil" means to work very hard at difficult or unpleasant tasks, or to move slowly and with difficulty. As a noun, it refers to hard, tiring work.

The word "toil" means to work very hard at difficult or unpleasant tasks, or to move slowly and with difficulty. As a noun, it refers to hard, tiring work.

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/tɔ͟ɪl/
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[VERB 动词]苦干;辛勤劳动 When people toil, they work very hard doing unpleasant or tiring tasks.
  [V]
  [V n]
  [Also V at/on n]
  [V P at/on n]
  [V P]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • 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。

  • Workers toiled long hours.

    工人们长时间辛苦劳动。

  • Toil away means the same as toil.toil away 同 toil
    • She has toiled away at the violin for years...

      她多年来苦练小提琴。

    • 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。

2
[VERB 动词](通常指因疲倦而)费劲地行走,艰难地行动 If you toil somewhere, you move there slowly and with difficulty, usually because you are very tired.
  [V prep/adv]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • 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。

3
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]苦工;苦活 Toil is unpleasant work that is very tiring physically.
  [LITERARY 文]

    Oxford toil / tɔɪl ; NAmE tɔɪl /
    verb
    ,
    noun
    toil toils toiled toiling
    verb ( formal) 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 SYN
    slave away
    2 [intransitive ] + adv./prep. to move slowly and with difficulty 艰难缓慢地移动;跋涉 SYN
    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。
    toil·er toiler toilers / tɔɪlə(r) ; NAmE tɔɪlər / noun
    noun [uncountable ] ( formal or literary) 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 see also
    toils
    toil / tɔɪl ; NAmE tɔɪl / toil·er / tɔɪlə(r) ; NAmE tɔɪlər /
    LDC
    toil1 verb
    toil2 noun
    toiltoil1 /tɔɪl/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
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    1 (also toil away) to work very hard for a long period of timetoil at I’ve been toiling away at this essay all weekend.2literary to move slowly and with great efforttoil up/through/along etc They toiled slowly up the hill.
    toil1 verb
    toil2 noun
    toiltoil2 noun [uncountable] formal
    Word Origin
    Examples
    Thesaurus
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    Phrases
    1hard unpleasant work done over a long period:  a life of toil2the toils of something literary if you are caught in the toils of an unpleasant feeling or situation, you are trapped by it
    WDF

    toil

    [tɔɪl]toiled, toiling, toils

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    Spoken:

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    toiled[402] toiling[356]
    辛苦(51%),苦工(15%),圈套(11%),苦干(7%),费力地做(6%),罗网(5%),跋涉(5%)
    n.辛苦;苦工;网;圈套
    vt.费力地做;使…过度劳累
    vi.辛苦工作;艰难地行进

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