slog

verb

1. 埋头苦干；坚持不懈地做
   to work hard and steadily at sth, especially sth that takes a long time and is boring or difficult
   1. He's been slogging away at that piece of music for weeks.
      他苦练那段乐曲已有好几个星期了。
   2. She slogged her way through four piles of ironing.
      她辛辛苦苦一连熨了四堆衣服。
2. 顽强地走；奋力前行；艰难行进
   to walk or travel somewhere steadily, with great effort or difficulty
   1. He started to slog his way through the undergrowth.
      他踏上了穿越林莽的艰难征程。
   2. I've been slogging around the streets of London all day.
      整整一天，我一直在伦敦街头走来走去。
3. 猛击，笨拙地猛击（球）
   to hit a ball very hard but often without skill

noun

1. 一段时间的艰苦工作（或努力）
   a period of hard work or effort
   1. Writing the book took ten months of hard slog.
      这本书是苦熬十个月写出来的。
   2. It was a long slog to the top of the mountain.
      到山顶的路漫长而艰难。

1. VERB 拼命干;努力苦干
   If you slog through something, you work hard and steadily through it.
   1. They secure their degrees by slogging through an intensive 11-month course...
      他们苦学了 11 个月的强化课程，拿到了学位。
   2. She has slogged her way through ballet classes since the age of six...
      从 6 岁开始，她就一直在努力地学习芭蕾。
   3. While slogging at work, have you neglected your marriage?
      埋头工作的时候，你是否忽视了自己的婚姻？
   4. Slog away means the same as slog .
      slog away 同 slog
   5. Edward slogged away, always learning.
      爱德华非常努力，总是在学习。
2. N-SING 困难而费力的工作(或任务)
   If you describe a task as a slog, you mean that it is tiring and requires a lot of effort.
   1. I eventually got financial backing, but it was a slog...
      我最终得到了经济支持，但这得来不易。
   2. There is little to show for the two years of hard slog.
      两年的埋头苦干却没有获得什么值得炫耀的结果。
3. VERB 长途跋涉;步履艰难地行进
   If you slog somewhere, you make a long and tiring journey there.
   1. The men had to slog up a steep muddy incline...
      人们只得在陡峭而泥泞的斜坡上艰难地行进。
   2. Why should Melissa have to slog around the supermarket on her own?
      为什么梅利莎会一个人在超市里面费劲地转来转去？
4. N-SING 漫长而艰苦的跋涉
   A slog is a long tiring journey.
   1. ...a slog through heather and bracken to the top of a hill.
      穿过石南和欧洲蕨到达山顶的艰难跋涉
5. PHRASE 竞相角逐;决一雌雄
   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.
   1. The leading contenders are still slogging it out.
      处于领先位置的竞争者仍在激烈地角逐。

in AM, use 美国英语用 slug it out

1. But there must be no talk of final victory; rather, the long, hard slog to a solution
   但是这还谈不上是最后的胜利；而是长期、艰难地寻找解决方法的过程。
2. They secure their degrees by slogging through an intensive 11-month course
   他们苦学了11个月的强化课程，拿到了学位。
3. She has slogged her way through ballet classes since the age of six
   从6岁开始，她就一直在努力地学习芭蕾。
4. While slogging at work, have you neglected your marriage?
   埋头工作的时候，你是否忽视了自己的婚姻？
5. I eventually got financial backing, but it was a slog
   我最终得到了经济支持，但这得来不易。
6. There is little to show for the two years of hard slog.
   两年的埋头苦干却没有获得什么值得炫耀的结果。
7. The men had to slog up a steep muddy incline
   人们只得在陡峭而泥泞的斜坡上艰难地行进。
8. Why should Melissa have to slog around the supermarket on her own?
   为什么梅利莎会一个人在超市里面费劲地转来转去？
9. The leading contenders are still slogging it out.
   处于领先位置的竞争者仍在激烈地角逐。
10. That means that they have their share of "slog it outs" and "hit the walls" too.
    这意味着他们也会遇到“苦干到底”和“撞墙”的情形。
11. Doing that will no doubt be a long, difficult slog.
    这无疑是个漫长而艰难的征程。
12. These "slog it out" businesses can go on for a long time.
    这样的“苦干到底”可能会持续很长时间。
13. In the "slog it out" scenario, the VCs are often left holding the bag.
    在“苦干到底”的情况下，包袱往往都丢给了风投公司。
14. We went back to the slog of making yet another quarter.
    我们将继续又一个季度的艰苦跋涉。
15. But as the case of revenue-rich but profit-poor Amazon suggests, this can also be a hard slog.
    但是收入丰富但是利润甚微的亚马逊表明这也是一条艰难的路。
16. But there is a hard slog ahead.
    但前方的路也很艰难。
17. Visitors slog up a crowded hillside holding hands with strangers like worker ants on a particularly gruesome mission.
    游客们手拉着手，步履维艰地爬上拥挤的山坡，就像成群结队的工蚁要去完成一项特别讨厌的任务。
18. It is a hard slog running a major European investment bank these days.
    如今，经营一家欧洲大型投资银行可是件苦差事。
19. I can get any help with this big job; I just have to slog it out on my own.
    做这么一大件工作，我得不到任何帮助；只得自己一个人干到底了。
20. It was a hard slog up the hill.
    爬到山上是一段艰难的跋涉。
21. You may be tired that first day from getting up too early and getting only a few hours of sleep the whole night, but you'll slog through the day and will want to go to bed earlier that second night.
    第二天早晨你或许会因起得太早而感觉疲惫不堪，而且你晚上也只睡了一小会儿，但你会在白天慢慢缓和过来，并且你会希望你在明天能这样早就起床。
22. It's a long hard slog up the mountain.
    上山的这段路很难走。
23. This time it is likely to be a long slog.
    这一回，奥巴马恐怕要经历一段漫长而艰辛的过程。
24. The important thing is to slog diligently through this quagmire of discouragement and despair.
    最重要的是通过这种沮丧和绝望的泥潭中艰难的努力。
25. A student's weary slog through cicero; a slog through miles of jungle.
    学生勉强地学习西塞罗学说；长时间疲惫地穿过数里远的丛林。
26. In China, there was no leading retailer for Wal-Mart to buy, so its only option was a one-new-store-at-a-time slog.
    在中国，并没有已经成为市场老大的零售商等着沃尔玛去收购，所以，它唯一的选择就是按部就班一家分店一家分店开张，艰苦地跋涉。
27. It's been a real slog preparing for these exams.
    准备考试是很艰苦的工作。
28. But you will still have to slog your way to the parts shop and some other destinations.
    但是，你将不得不艰难地开到零件商店和其它一些目的地。
29. Like Eduardo before him, Ramsey will face a mental test after the physical slog of recovering his fitness.
    像此前的爱德华多一样，漫长而艰苦的身体恢复过程之后，拉姆西要面对心理上的考验。
30. Now we'll just slog here.
    只留下我们在这里继续挣扎。

v.

slog it out

• 决出胜负；决一雌雄
  to fight or compete in order to prove who is the strongest, the best, etc.

slog/sweat/work your guts out

• 拼命工作；拼命干活
  to work very hard to achieve sth
  1. I slogged my guts out for the exam.
     我为这次考试命都豁出去了。

verb

1. strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
   1. He slugged me so hard that I passed out

   Synonym:    slugswig

2. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
   1. Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone

   Synonym:    footslogplodtrudgepadtramp

3. work doggedly or persistently
   1. She keeps plugging away at her dissertation

   Synonym:    plug awaypeg awaykeep one's nose to the grindstonekeep one's shoulder to the wheel