travail
英['tr?ve?l]
美['tr?vel]
- n. 分娩的痛苦；艱苦勞動
- vi. 辛勤努力；經(jīng)受分娩的陣痛
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?travails;
助記提示
1. travel <=> travail. 變體、異體。
中文詞源
travail 煎熬，痛苦，艱辛
來自古法語 travail,痛苦，煎熬，來自通俗拉丁語 tripaliare,折磨，來自拉丁語 trepalium,刑具， 一種由三根尖木樁組成的折磨工具，來自 tri-,三，詞源同 three,palus,柱子，尖樁，詞源同 impale,pole.
英文詞源
- travail (n.)
- "labor, toil," mid-13c., from Old French travail "work, labor, toil, suffering or painful effort, trouble; arduous journey" (12c.), from travailler "to toil, labor," originally "to trouble, torture, torment," from Vulgar Latin *tripaliare "to torture," from *tripalium (in Late Latin trepalium) "instrument of torture," probably from Latin tripalis "having three stakes" (from tria "three;" see three + palus "stake;" see pale (n.)), which sounds ominous, but the exact notion is obscure. The verb is recorded from late 13c. in English, from the verb in Old French.
雙語例句
- 1. He did whatever he could to ease their travail.
- 他為減輕他們的辛勞做了力所能及的一切。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mothers know the travail of giving birth to a child.
- 母親們了解分娩時的痛苦.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He gained the medal through his painful travail.
- 他通過艱辛的努力獲得了獎牌.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. World had to be in travail, that the meanest flower might blow.
- 社會必須經(jīng)歷陣痛以便讓最卑微的花開放.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The travail of nationhood required above all economic and social progress.
- 國家的興旺首先需要經(jīng)濟方面和社會方向的進步.
來自辭典例句