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

• I had been the dirtiest kid in my class for always there were toils before and after school in the field.
  班上，我算是最肮脏的小孩，每天上学前与放学后都要在田里劳作；
• For my part, I abominate all honorable respectable toils, trials, and tribulations of every kind whatsoever.
  拿我来说，一切尊贵的，叫人敬重的劳动、考验和折磨都使我乏味。
• At that time, our whole family were living countryside and suffering toils.
  那时候我们在乡下生活，说起来蛮苦，蛮累。
• Tom kept his ears open when idlers sauntered out of the courtroom, but invariably heard distressing news& the toils were closing more and more relentlessly around poor Potter.
  每当有旁听的人从法庭出来，汤姆就侧着耳朵细听，但听到的消息都令人忧心忡忡&法网越来越无情地罩向可怜的莫夫·波特身上。
• Likewise she watched his toils, and knew the measure of the midnight oil he burned.
  她同样注意到了他的刻苦。她知道他晚上要熬夜到什么时候。
• 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。
• 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。
• This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain, since he toils for the wind?
  他来的情形怎样，他去的情形也怎样。这也是一宗大祸患。他为风劳碌有什么益处呢？
• 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。
• 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！