travail

英 ['træveɪl] 美 ['træveɪl]

• n. 分娩的痛苦；阵痛；辛劳
• v. 苦干；辛劳；（因分娩）发生阵痛

英英释义

Noun:

1. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child;

   "she was in labor for six hours"
   

2. use of physical or mental energy; hard work;

   "he got an A for effort"
   "they managed only with great exertion"
   

Verb:

1. work hard;

   "She was digging away at her math homework"
   "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Mothers know the travail of giving birth to a child.
   母亲们了解分娩时的痛苦。
2. He gained the medal through his painful travail.
   他通过艰辛的努力获得了奖牌。

经典引文

• Some..took refuge from the travails of modern life.

  出自：Observer

近反义词

【近义词】

• labor 工人
• toil 辛苦
• delivery 传递
• grief 悲痛
• labour 劳动
• effort 努力
• exertion 努力
• hard work 繁重的工作
• struggle 努力
• graft 嫁接
• work 工作
• moil 辛劳工作
• sweat 汗水
• parturiency parturient的名...
• fag (尤英）苦工...
• lying-in 临盆
• drudge 劳碌的人
• grind 磨
• elbow grease 苦干
• dig 挖
• confinement 拘禁
• childbed 产褥