toil

toil
verb
  1. [no obj.]work extremely hard or incessantly
    苦干,辛勤劳动
    we toiled away.
    我们劳碌不停。
    [with infinitive]Richard toiled to build his editorial team.
    理查德辛苦地组建他的编辑队伍。
    ■[with adverbial of direction]move slowly and with difficulty
    艰难地行走
    she began to toil up the cliff path.
    她艰难地爬上悬崖。
noun
  1. [mass noun]exhausting physical labour
    苦工,累活
    a life of toil.
    辛劳的一生。
派生
toiler
noun
语源
  1. Middle English (in the senses 'contend verbally' and 'strife'): from Anglo-Norman French toiler 'strive, dispute', toil 'confusion', from Latin tudiculare 'stir about', from tudicula 'machine for crushing olives', related to tundere 'crush'
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