英语词汇“travail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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If you’ve had to bust your behind, burn the midnight oil, and shed blood, sweat, and tears to get where you are today, you could say you’ve endured significant travail. In other words, back-breakingly hard mental exertion or physical labor.

Travail comes to us from a sinister Latin word: trepalium, meaning “instrument of torture.” The closest English word is probably toil, though travail means you’re not just exerting monumental effort but suffering as you do so. If your life has been hard-knock enough to be the stuff of old blues songs or Shakespearean tragedies, you’ve had your share of travails. In French, incidentally, travail simply means work. The Spanish trabajo (work) is closely related.

WORD FAMILY

travail: travailed, travailing, travails

USAGE EXAMPLES

The travails of the Bordelon siblings were moving, thought-provoking, captivating, sometimes a little soapy, and deeply political.

Slate(Dec 09, 2016)

But it also warned on inflation—much like India’s stagflation travails of the past.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 07, 2016)

The plot follows the travails of Jack as he rises and falls in the real estate industry, finding rock bottom as a warehouse slumlord.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016)

1n use of physical or mental energy; hard work

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat

struggle

strenuous effort

difficulty, trouble

an effort that is inconvenient

least effort, least resistance

the least effortful way to do something

strain, straining

an intense or violent exertion

exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout

the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit

pull

a sustained effort

application, diligence

a diligent effort

overkill

any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal

supererogation

an effort above and beyond the call of duty

overexertion

excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results

detrition, friction, rubbing

effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure

attrition

the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction

cardiopulmonary exercise

exercise intended to strengthen the circulatory system

gymnastic exercise

(gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus)

kick up

raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a first movement in doing a handstand

grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling

the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

the devil

something difficult or awkward to do or deal with

tsuris

(Yiddish) aggravating trouble

exercise set, set

several exercises intended to be done in series

anaerobic exercise, bodybuilding, muscle building, musclebuilding

exercise that builds muscles through tension

calisthenics, callisthenics

light exercises designed to promote general fitness

isometric exercise, isometrics

muscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding exercises) involving muscular contractions against resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the length of the muscle does not change)

isotonic exercise

exercise in which opposing muscles contract and there is controlled movement (tension is constant while the lengths of the muscles change)

Kegel exercises, pubococcygeus exercises

exercises for women designed to improve the ability to hold urine

stretch, stretching

exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

arm exercise

exercise designed to strengthen the arm muscles

back exercise

exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles

leg exercise

exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles

neck exercise

exercise designed to strengthen the neck muscles

stomach exercise, tummy crunch

an exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles

yoga

a system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind

labor, labour, toil

productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

2v work hard

Syn|Hyper

dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil

do work, work

be employed

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

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency

premature labor, premature labour

labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation

birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition

the process of giving birth

单词	travail
释义	travail (once / 2456 pages) 1nv 2n If you’ve had to bust your behind, burn the midnight oil, and shed blood, sweat, and tears to get where you are today, you could say you’ve endured significant travail. In other words, back-breakingly hard mental exertion or physical labor. Travail comes to us from a sinister Latin word: trepalium, meaning “instrument of torture.” The closest English word is probably toil, though travail means you’re not just exerting monumental effort but suffering as you do so. If your life has been hard-knock enough to be the stuff of old blues songs or Shakespearean tragedies, you’ve had your share of travails. In French, incidentally, travail simply means work. The Spanish trabajo (work) is closely related. WORD FAMILY travail: travailed, travailing, travails USAGE EXAMPLES The travails of the Bordelon siblings were moving, thought-provoking, captivating, sometimes a little soapy, and deeply political. Slate(Dec 09, 2016) But it also warned on inflation—much like India’s stagflation travails of the past. Wall Street Journal(Dec 07, 2016) The plot follows the travails of Jack as he rises and falls in the real estate industry, finding rock bottom as a warehouse slumlord. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n use of physical or mental energy; hard work Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat struggle strenuous effort difficulty, trouble an effort that is inconvenient least effort, least resistance the least effortful way to do something strain, straining an intense or violent exertion exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit pull a sustained effort application, diligence a diligent effort overkill any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal supererogation an effort above and beyond the call of duty overexertion excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results detrition, friction, rubbing effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure attrition the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction cardiopulmonary exercise exercise intended to strengthen the circulatory system gymnastic exercise (gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus) kick up raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a first movement in doing a handstand grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat the devil something difficult or awkward to do or deal with tsuris (Yiddish) aggravating trouble exercise set, set several exercises intended to be done in series anaerobic exercise, bodybuilding, muscle building, musclebuilding exercise that builds muscles through tension calisthenics, callisthenics light exercises designed to promote general fitness isometric exercise, isometrics muscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding exercises) involving muscular contractions against resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the length of the muscle does not change) isotonic exercise exercise in which opposing muscles contract and there is controlled movement (tension is constant while the lengths of the muscles change) Kegel exercises, pubococcygeus exercises exercises for women designed to improve the ability to hold urine stretch, stretching exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent arm exercise exercise designed to strengthen the arm muscles back exercise exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles leg exercise exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles neck exercise exercise designed to strengthen the neck muscles stomach exercise, tummy crunch an exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles yoga a system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind labor, labour, toil productive work (especially physical work done for wages) 2v work hard Syn\|Hyper dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil do work, work be employed 2 n concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency premature labor, premature labour labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition the process of giving birth
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