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toil at/on/over sth
She toiled at her homework all evening.
她整个晚上都在苦干她的家庭作业。
辛勤工作；苦干
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辛勤工作；苦干
to work very hard, especially doing physical work
She toiled at her homework all evening.
她整个晚上都在苦干她的家庭作业。
辛苦工作；劳动。
To labour; work.
奋斗；挣扎。
To struggle.
辛勤工作
work hard
费力完成；常与 out 连用。
To work (something); often with out.
toil
Base
原形
toils
3rd person
第三人称单数
toiling
-ing
现在分词
toiled
Past
过去式
toiled
Past participle
过去分词
They toil in the fields.
他们在田里辛勤劳作。
She toiled all night.
她整夜辛劳。
He has toiled for years.
他劳作多年。
toil 表示长时间辛苦工作，通常指体力劳动。
Farmers toil in the fields from sunrise to sunset.
农民们从日出到日落都在田间辛勤劳作。
She toiled all night to finish the report before the deadline.
为了在截止日期前完成报告，她通宵苦干。
They have been toiling for years to build a better life for their children.
多年来他们一直辛苦工作，为孩子们创造更好的生活。
She toiled at her homework all evening.
她整个晚上都在苦干她的家庭作业。
常与时间状语连用，强调持续辛苦工作。
He toiled away in the garden for hours.
他在花园里连续苦干了好几个小时。
强调困难或缓慢的移动或进展。
They toiled through the thick mud.
他们艰难地跋涉过厚厚的泥泞。
Many workers toil for low wages.
许多工人为低工资而辛苦劳作。
Not this
She toiled hard in the office.
Use this
She toiled in the office.
动词toil本身已包含‘辛苦工作’之意，加上hard造成语义重复。应删除hard。
Not this
He toiled the heavy boxes to the truck.
Use this
He toiled to move the heavy boxes to the truck.
toil是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语。需加介词或改为不定式短语。
Not this
My grandmother toiled the soil every spring.
Use this
My grandmother tilled the soil every spring.
拼写混淆：表示‘耕作土地’用till（翻耕），而非toil（苦干）。
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埋头苦干
She toiled away at her desk all weekend.
她整个周末都在书桌前埋头苦干。
辛苦地做（某件费劲的事）
He toiled over the report for days.
他花了好几天辛苦地写这份报告。
在田间辛勤劳作
Farmers toiled in the fields from dawn to dusk.
农民们从早到晚在田间辛勤劳作。
为…辛苦工作
They toiled for years to build the business.
他们为创办这家企业辛苦工作了多年。
吃力地攀登
We toiled up the steep hill.
我们吃力地爬上了陡峭的山坡。
辛苦忙碌，埋头苦干
He toiled and moiled for years to build his business.
他辛辛苦苦干了好几年才创立了自己的公司。
（长时间）辛苦地做，连续苦干
She toiled away at her essay all night.
她整个晚上都在埋头苦写那篇论文。
辛劳与麻烦
There's been nothing but toil and trouble at the office since the new manager arrived.
自从新经理上任以来，办公室里除了辛苦和麻烦就没别的了。
双倍的辛劳，双倍的烦恼；火焰燃烧，大锅冒泡。
Farmers toiled in the scorching sun to harvest the crops.
农民们在烈日下辛苦劳作，收割庄稼。
我没有什么可以奉献，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪和汗水。
He toiled away at his desk without taking a break.
他在书桌前埋头苦干，没有休息。
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记忆法：把toil拆成t（锄头）、o（土坑）、il（汗水），想象烈日下弯腰锄地、汗流浃背，就是“辛勤劳作”。
语域：formal 常见场景：书面写作、正式讲话、文学描写 toil 通常用于书面或正式语气，多指长时间艰苦地工作或挣扎；日常口语中更常说 work hard。
这些词都与 toil /tɔɪl/ 押韵，均读 /ɔɪl/：boil、coil、foil、soil、spoil、broil。注意形近词 toll /toʊl/ 和 tail /teɪl/ 发音不同，不要按 toil 的读音类推。
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