toiled

英 [tɔɪld]

美 [tɔɪld]

v.  (长时间)苦干，辛勤劳作; 艰难缓慢地移动; 跋涉
toil的过去分词和过去式

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

• He toiled a long time over his watch.
  他吭哧了半天才把表修好。
• The summer dragged its slow length along, while the slaves toiled at their hard tasks.
  夏天过得十分缓慢，而奴隶们却辛苦地做着苦工。
• All day he toiled on untiringly, and by the evening he had succeeded in extracting ten handfuls of plaster and fragments of stone.
  他不知疲倦地整天工作着，到了傍晚时分，他已经挖出了十把水泥、石灰和碎石片。
• John toiled up the dusty ascent.
  约翰在满布灰尘的斜坡上吃力地往上爬。
• The factories hummed and the whole British nation toiled night and day.
  在工厂里机器之声震耳欲聋，整个不列颠民族夜以继日地辛勤劳动。
• Mr Smith toiled for this children's behoof.
  史密斯先生为他的儿女辛劳。
• She stood doggedly in checkout lines; she toiled like a dray-horse up the hill back home.
  她顽强地支撑着排在付款的队里；她像拖载重物的老马艰难地爬上山回家。
• He toiled on till he was past eighty.
  他一直辛苦工作直到年过八十。
• He toiled all day long but earned very little.
  他整天劳碌但挣得很少。
• The road climbed steeply up the hill. The bus toiled up the steep hill.
  这条公路陡峭地通上小山。公共汽车艰难地爬上陡峭的山岗。