toil
vi. 长时间或辛苦地工作; 艰难缓慢地移动; 跋涉
n. 报酬很低的苦活,苦工; 罗网,圈套
When people toil, they work very hard doing unpleasant or tiring tasks.
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。
Workers toiled long hours.
工人们长时间辛苦劳动。
If you toil somewhere, you move there slowly and with difficulty, usually because you are very tired.
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。
Toil is unpleasant work that is very tiring physically.
1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages);
1. work hard;
In his pockets he had $ 130 that he had won hardly by his own toil.
他口袋里有一百三十美元,都是靠自己血汗挣来的.
We plodded along the path of toil.
我们沿著艰辛的小道慢慢前进.
They often toil long, irregular hours for not much money.
他们常常为了为数不多的工钱卖命的从事没有时间规律的工作.
Better one handful with tranquillity handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
满了一把、得享安静、强如满了两把、劳碌捕风.
The book is a toil to read.
这本书读起来真费劲.