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

• 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。
• He toiled a long time over his watch.
  他吭哧了半天才把表修好。
• He toiled all day long but earned very little.
  他整天劳碌但挣得很少。
• The bus toiled up the steep hill.
  公共汽车艰难地爬上陡峭的山岗。
• They toiled all day digging the trench.
  他们整天艰苦地挖壕沟。
• However, he toiled on all the night without being discouraged;
  但是，他仍然毫不气馁地整夜工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Smith toiled for this children's behoof.
  史密斯先生为他的儿女辛劳。