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

• If we are now called upon to endure what they have been suffering, we shall emulate their courage, and if final victory rewards our toils they shall share the gains, aye, and freedom shall be restored to all.
  如果将来我们也被迫忍受他们那样的苦难，我们也一定会效法他们的勇敢；如果我们的奋斗获得最后胜利，他们也将分享我们的成果；不错，大家都会重新获得自由。
• 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？
• Through many dangers, toils and snares.
  许多危险，试炼网罗。
• 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。
• Before I left Long Island I saw that she was beginning to lay her toils for Mattie.
  我离开长岛前就发觉她已开始对玛迪摆下迷魂阵了。
• 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！
• 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。
• It isn't a terribly flattering picture but he likes it because it reminds him of a nice afternoon he had with a friend and this thought cheers him as he toils over his desk.
  这张照片他拍得不是特别好看，但他很喜欢，因为这让他回想起与朋友共度的那个愉快下午。当他在办公桌前辛苦工作时，这种想法能让他情绪振作。
• I could touch it, and perhaps that made the coming of the Pilgrims and their toils and great deeds seem more real to me.
  我能够触摸到这些岩石，也许这让我更真切地体会到了先民们的艰辛和伟大功绩。
• With eight bloodshot eyes fixed on a flying object, the toils of a two-year project were about to bear fruit.
  四双布满血丝的眼睛注视着这架飞行器，两年的艰辛和汗水终于要结出硕果了。