slog
vt.& vi. 猛擊; 步履艱難地行; 努力苦幹
n. 苦幹; 吃力地行進
If you slog through something, you work hard and steadily through it.
They secure their degrees by slogging through an intensive 11-month course...
他們苦學了 11 個月的強化課程,拿到了學位。
She has slogged her way through ballet classes since the age of six...
從 6 歲開始,她就一直在努力地學習芭蕾。
If you describe a task as a slog, you mean that it is tiring and requires a lot of effort.
I eventually got financial backing, but it was a slog...
我最終得到了經濟支援,但這得來不易。
There is little to show for the two years of hard slog.
兩年的埋頭苦幹卻沒有獲得什麼值得炫耀的結果。
If you slog somewhere, you make a long and tiring journey there.
The men had to slog up a steep muddy incline...
人們只得在陡峭而泥濘的斜坡上艱難地行進。
Why should Melissa have to slog around the supermarket on her own?
為什麼梅利莎會一個人在超市裡面費勁地轉來轉去?
A slog is a long tiring journey.
...a slog through heather and bracken to the top of a hill.
穿過石南和歐洲蕨到達山頂的艱難跋涉
If two or more people slog it out, they work very hard to try to be the one who is successful or who has their ideas and wishes accepted.
The leading contenders are still slogging it out.
處於領先位置的競爭者仍在激烈地角逐。
1. work doggedly or persistently;
2. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
3. strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat;
The two teams will slog it out for second place.
這兩個隊將爭奪第二名.
I slog my guts out and get paid only a hundred pounds a week.
我工作非常努力,但每星期只有100英鎊的報酬.
We know that seniority, especially in finance, is a long, hard, unglamorous slog.
我們知道,晉升至高管職位 —— 尤其是在金融業 —— 是漫長 、 艱難而乏味的旅途.
But most choose to slog unhappily on with their sham and desolate unions.
但是大部分還是選擇繼續她們偽裝和不幸的婚姻.
Marking the exam papers was quite a slog.
評閱試卷是很辛苦的工作.