单词 | slog |
释义 | slog (slɒg ) Word forms: slogs , slogging , slogged 1. verb If you slog through something, you work hard and steadily through it. [informal] They secure their degrees by slogging through an intensive 11-month course. [VERB preposition] She has slogged her way through ballet classes since the age of six. [V + way through] While slogging at work, have you neglected your marriage? [VERB] Synonyms: work, labour, toil, slave Slog away means the same as slog. Edward slogged away, always learning. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. singular noun If you describe a task as a slog, you mean that it is tiring and requires a lot of effort. [informal] I eventually got financial backing, but it was a slog. There is little to show for the two years of hard slog. Synonyms: work, labour, toil, industry 3. verb If you slog somewhere, you make a long and tiring journey there. [informal] The men had to slog up a steep muddy incline. [VERB preposition/adverb] Why should Melissa have to slog around the supermarket on her own? [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: trudge, tramp, plod, trek 4. singular noun A slog is a long tiring journey. [informal] ...a slog through heather and bracken to the top of a hill. Synonyms: trudge, tramp, trek, hike 5. slog it out phrase [VERB inflects] 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. [mainly British] The leading contenders are still slogging it out. Phrasal verbs: slog away slog [sense 1] Collocations: hard slog Such dedication is admirable, but the relentlessness of it, the unendingly hard slog - is that a good thing? Times, Sunday Times (2016) The first is to build a stronger appetite within the public sector for the hard slog of making change a reality. Times, Sunday Times (2011) But this book recounts the long hard slog that got him there. Times, Sunday Times (2013) But there will be more hard slog. Times, Sunday Times (2008) And now the hard slog is paying off. The Sun (2011) It's been a long slog; but worth it. Times, Sunday Times Still, it was a long slog, even after the comedy classes helped her to find her writing voice. Times, Sunday Times And sometimes the long slog of piling on pounds seems tough. The Sun And with wages included in that budget, it could be a long slog. The Sun Despite such bravura, he has a long slog ahead of him. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 苦干, 苦差事 Japanese: コツコツとがんばる, 大変 |
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