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.
[VERB 动词]苦干;辛勤劳动 When people toil, they work very hard doing unpleasant or tiring tasks.
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[V n]
[Also V at/on n]
[V P at/on n]
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[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。
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[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。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]苦工;苦活Toil is unpleasant work that is very tiring physically.
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toil/tɔɪl; NAmEtɔɪl/
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noun
toiltoilstoiledtoilingverb( 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·ertoilertoilers/tɔɪlə(r); NAmEtɔɪlər/nounnoun[uncountable ]( formalorliterary) 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
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
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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