travails

英 [ˈtræveɪlz]

美 [trəˈveɪlz]

n.  艰苦劳动; 煎熬; 艰辛; 痛苦
travail的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 艰苦劳动;难题
  You can refer to unpleasant hard work or difficult problems astravail.
  1. He did whatever he could to ease their travail.
     他为减轻他们的辛劳做了力所能及的一切。

双语例句

• Do not be distracted by the current turbulence in financial markets, however tempting it is to see the collapse of the dollar and the travails of investment banks as signs of us decadence.
  切莫被金融市场当前的动荡扰乱视线，美元的崩溃和投行的阵痛很容易被人视为美国衰败的迹象。
• What do earlier banking crises reveal about America's travails today?
  之前的银行危机为今天美国的阵痛带来何种启示？
• But this is a complex argument, as the current travails of BP illustrate.
  但这个论点没那么简单，眼下英国石油（bp）遭受的磨难就是一个例证。
• Before he arrived at the border, he had to endure many travails.
  在他到达边境之前，他必须忍受很多劳苦。
• Such frustrations are strikingly similar to Chinese complaints about the travails of doing business in India.
  这些不满，与中国人对在印度做生意艰辛的抱怨有着惊人的相似。
• It has no doubt benefitted from the travails of Nokia ( NOK) and research in motion ( RIMM).
  毫无疑问，三星从诺基亚（Nokia）和黑莓手机生产商ResearchinMotion的颓势中获益良多。
• Once she reached its gates, the worst of her travails would be over.
  一旦她到达红堡大门，最难熬的一部分就结束了。
• Of course, these travails are relative.
  当然，这些痛苦都是相对的。
• Let me be clear here: The only way for children to build a true sense of competence is through first-hand experience that includes travails, triumphs, struggles, setbacks, and successes.
  这儿让我说清楚：为孩子建立真正意义上的能力唯一方式就是第一手的体验，包括艰辛、胜利、斗争、挫折和成功。
• She told them the Obama administration will stand by them in their travails.
  克林顿告诉她们，在她们遭受痛苦和艰辛的时候，奥巴马政府和他们站在一道。