toil

verb

1. （长时间）苦干，辛勤劳作
   to work very hard and/or for a long time, usually doing hard physical work
2. 艰难缓慢地移动；跋涉
   to move slowly and with difficulty
   1. 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。

noun

1. 苦工；劳累的工作
   hard unpleasant work that makes you very tired
   1. a life of hardship and toil
      艰难劳苦的一生

1. VERB 苦干;辛勤劳动
   When people toil, they work very hard doing unpleasant or tiring tasks.
   1. People who toiled in dim, dank factories were too exhausted to enjoy their family life...
      在昏暗潮湿的工厂辛苦劳作的人们累得无力再去享受家庭生活。
   2. Workers toiled long hours.
      工人们长时间辛苦劳动。
   3. Toil away means the same as toil.
      toil away 同 toil
   4. She has toiled away at the violin for years...
      她多年来苦练小提琴。
   5. Nora toils away serving burgers at the local cafe.
      诺拉在当地小餐馆干着一份为客人端送汉堡包的辛苦活儿。
2. VERB (通常指因疲倦而)费劲地行走，艰难地行动
   If you toil somewhere, you move there slowly and with difficulty, usually because you are very tired.
   1. Arnold had his head down, gasping as he toiled up the hill.
      阿诺德垂着头，一边费劲地往山上爬一边气喘吁吁。
3. 苦工;苦活
   Toil is unpleasant work that is very tiring physically.

1. People who toiled in dim, dank factories were too exhausted to enjoy their family life
   在昏暗潮湿的工厂辛苦劳作的人们累得无力再去享受家庭生活。
2. Workers toiled long hours.
   工人们长时间辛苦劳动。
3. Arnold had his head down, gasping as he toiled up the hill.
   阿诺德垂着头，一边费劲地往山上爬一边气喘吁吁。
4. Every single grain is the result of toil.
   每一粒粮食都来之不易。
5. He is encumbered with a large family and has to toil hard to support it.
   他为大家庭系累，不得不为维持生计而辛劳。
6. The boss made the workers toil like beasts of burden.
   老板把工人当牛马一样役使。
7. Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
   满了一把，得享安静，强如满了两把，劳碌捕风。
8. What he actually said was I can promise you Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears. Because of the rule of three we simply remember it as Blood sweat and tears.
   我能奉献的唯有血、汗、辛劳和泪水，因为三的法则我们仅仅只记住了血、汗和泪水。
9. The Chinese people have created a China miracle by their own toil and wisdom.
   中国人民依靠自己的智慧和汗水创造了“中国奇迹”。
10. More Americans now are occupied in offices and services than who toil on the factory floor.
    在办公室和服务行业工作的人要比在工厂辛劳工作的人多。
11. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, and self-denial, and study.
    我们得到的一切幸福都是劳动、辛苦、自我克制和学习的成果。
12. And when I begin to eat after my toil, you wake up and wag your tail for food.
    并且，当我开始在我的劳碌以后时吃，您叫醒并且摇摆您的食物的尾巴。
13. I have pointed to him my own manuscript volumes which represent the toil of years.
    我给他看了我那些稿本，它们代表了我多年的心血。
14. A life of toil is generally the price of fame and success.
    劳苦的一生通常是声望和成功的代价。
15. Those who toil in eternity shall find riches in the dusk of time.
    那些在永恒中苦干的会在时间的黄昏中找到财富。
16. If the lemonade tastes bitter, sugar it. They spent months of toil on the water conservancy project.
    如果柠檬水发苦，就加糖。他们为这项水利工程辛辛苦苦地干了几个月。
17. The daily toil had outworn him.
    每天的苦活把他累垮了。
18. No man living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toil up from poverty.
    时间再没有比那些从贫穷中奋起的人更值得信赖的人了。
19. Lindi has achieved her comfortable life only after years of hard toil.
    林迪只做了几年的苦工就过上了舒适的生活。
20. So toil warm for me;
    辛劳温暖我的心房；
21. They spent months of toil on the water conservancy project.
    他们为这项水利工程辛辛苦苦地干了几个月。
22. Down into the never-ending valley of toil and agony.
    在永无止境的辛劳和痛苦中。
23. We see on every hand the results of the farmer's toil and forecast in the springtime.
    从每一位农平易近的手上，我们看到了辛苦恳作的成就和春天祈望的实现。
24. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.
    神看见我的苦情和我的劳碌，就在昨夜责备你。
25. I will toil and I will endure.
    我要辛勤耕耘，忍受苦楚。
26. We've golden soil and wealth for toil;
    我们有金黄土壤和财富为劳碌；
27. I am tired with hours of toil.
    我因数小时的劳动而疲乏了。
28. We were [ felt] quite exhausted with the toil.
    我们因那件辛苦的工作而感到十分疲惫。
29. Well, after a day's toil in the office I like to relax a little.
    这个，在办公室劳累了一天后我喜欢休息一会儿。
30. How far I toil, still farther off from thee.
    我含辛茹苦仍与你远隔。

  work job labour toil【导航词义：工作，劳动】

  work n. 工作，劳动

〔辨析〕最普通用词，含义广泛，既可指体力劳动也可指脑力劳动，通常都以挣钱为目的，有时也指机器干的工作。

  job n. 工作，活儿

〔辨析〕多用于口语，侧重指受雇用的、以谋生为目的的工作。

  labour n. 劳动，工作

〔辨析〕尤指艰苦的体力劳动。

  toil n. 〈正式〉苦工，辛苦

〔辨析〕指十分累人的苦活。

noun

1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
   1. his labor did not require a great deal of skill

   Synonym:    laborlabour

verb

1. work hard
   1. She was digging away at her math homework
   2. Lexicographers drudge all day long

   Synonym:    laborlabourfagtravailgrinddrudgedigmoil