toil

🇬🇧 UK/tɒil/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To work very hard or for a long time; to struggle.

辛苦劳作,苦干

n.

Hard, exhausting labour or work.

辛苦,苦工

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
toilother
=toil

Common Collocations

  • 1.toil away埋头苦干
  • 2.years of toil多年的辛劳
  • 3.toil and trouble辛苦与烦恼
  • 4.hard toil艰辛的劳作

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Farmers toiled in the fields from dawn to dusk during harvest season.

  • 2.

    After years of toil, she finally completed her doctoral dissertation.

  • 3.

    The workers toiled away in the factory under difficult conditions.

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