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

• 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。
• The ground was muddy and uneven, but we toiled on.
  地面泥泞不平，我们仍吃力地向前走。
• He toiled on till he was past eighty.
  他一直辛苦工作直到年过八十。
• I think she was born with the ability to solve math problems. I myself have toiled year in and year out just to achieve the minimum adequacy.
  我想她天生就擅长解数学题。我自己努力了多年才达到最起码的程度。
• But Mother Teresa toiled a lifetime to bring a ray of sunshine in the lives of the destitute.
  而特蕾莎修女辛劳一生，为的是给贫困者带去了一缕阳光。
• He toiled all day long but earned very little.
  他整天劳碌但挣得很少。
• John toiled up the dusty ascent.
  约翰在满布灰尘的斜坡上吃力地往上爬。
• He watched her as she toiled slowly and with great care.
  他注视着这只蜘蛛慢慢地、小心翼翼地辛勤劳作。
• Mr Smith toiled for this children's behoof.
  史密斯先生为他的儿女辛劳。
• 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。