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

• 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？
• Old Joe toils year in and year out on his small patch of land.
  老乔一年到头都在他那一小块地里辛勤劳作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• From morning till night he toils and works on some scheme which will meet a social need or solve a social problem.
  从早到晚他都忙于制定一些满足社会需求或解决社会问题的计划。
• He toils so hard toting the burden of our welfare.
  他为了我们的幸福背负了那么多的负担。
• 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。
• Externals have a great effect on the young: I thought that a fairer era of life was beginning for me, one that was to have its flowers and pleasures, as well as its thorns and toils.
  外表对年轻人的影响是很大的。我想我的美好时光开始了&一段既有艰难困苦，又有鲜花欢乐的时光开始了。
• In short, the wily old Jew had the boy in his toils. That sly dog grabbed a cookie from the table while no one was in the room.
  简而言之，狡猾的老犹太使那个孩子陷入了他的罗网。房间里没有人的时候，那只狡猾的狗从桌子上衔了一块小甜饼。