toil
vi. 長時間或辛苦地工作; 艱難緩慢地移動; 跋涉
n. 報酬很低的苦活,苦工; 羅網,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...
在昏暗潮溼的工廠辛苦勞作的人們累得無力再去享受家庭生活。
Workers toiled long hours.
工人們長時間辛苦勞動。
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.
阿諾德垂著頭,一邊費勁地往山上爬一邊氣喘吁吁。
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.
他口袋裡有一百三十美元,都是靠自己血汗掙來的.
We plodded along the path of toil.
我們沿著艱辛的小道慢慢前進.
They often toil long, irregular hours for not much money.
他們常常為了為數不多的工錢賣命的從事沒有時間規律的工作.
Better one handful with tranquillity handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
滿了一把、得享安靜、強如滿了兩把、勞碌捕風.
The book is a toil to read.
這本書讀起來真費勁.