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toil

verb
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(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they toil
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he / she / it toils
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past simple toiled
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past participle toiled
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-ing form toiling
🔊/ˈtɔɪlɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to work very hard and/or for a long time, usually doing hard physical work（长时间）苦干，辛勤劳作 synonym slave
    • Hundreds of men toiled for years at building the pyramid.建这座金字塔，数百人苦干了多年。
    • She toils tirelessly for various charities.她为各种慈善事业孜孜不倦地工作。
  2. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move slowly and with difficulty艰难缓慢地移动；跋涉 synonym slog
    • They toiled up the hill in the blazing sun.他们冒着炎炎烈日艰难地一步一步爬上山冈。🔊🔊
    3. Word OriginMiddle 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’.

toil

noun
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[uncountable] (formal or literary)
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  1. hard, unpleasant work that makes you very tired苦工；劳累的工作
    • a life of hardship and toil艰难劳苦的一生
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • back-breaking
    • grinding
    • hard
    • …
    phrases
    • hours, years, etc. of toil
    • sweat and toil
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    Word OriginMiddle 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’.