travail
travail — 名詞
1. a long and painful experience that demands an enormous amount of hard work, push
艱辛
極其辛苦困難的經歷
a long and painful experience that demands an enormous amount of hard work, pushing the limits of both body and mind
The family's financial travails finally ended when Imani found a steady job.
Imani 找到一份穩定工作後，家裡的經濟困境終於結束了。
collocation: financial travails
Wren wrote about the travails of building a school in a remote village.
Wren 寫下了在偏遠村莊蓋學校的種種艱辛。
pattern: the travails of [something]
After years of travail, the research team finally published their findings in a top journal.
經過多年的艱辛努力，研究團隊終於在頂尖期刊上發表了成果。
The novel describes the emotional travails of immigrants trying to start a new life.
這本小說描寫了移民試圖展開新生活所經歷的情感煎熬。
- financial travail
- years of travail
- the travails of [something]
- emotional travail
- economic travail
- hardship
broader term; can describe any difficult condition, not necessarily involving active effort
- struggle
more common in everyday speech; emphasises the fight to overcome obstacles
- ordeal
focuses on the painful or testing nature of the experience
- toil
stresses the physical labour aspect more than the emotional pain
文法句型
the travails of [something]
用法筆記
Often appears in the plural form travails when referring to a series of difficult experiences. Less commonly used in everyday conversation than hardship or struggle.
常見錯誤
2. the physical process of giving birth to a baby, from the start of contractions u
分娩
分娩的過程；生產
the physical process of giving birth to a baby, from the start of contractions until delivery
Rania's travail lasted twelve hours before her daughter was born.
Rania 的分娩過程持續了十二個小時，女兒才出生。
In many cultures, women receive support from experienced midwives during their travail.
在許多文化中，婦女在分娩時會獲得經驗豐富的助產士協助。
collocation: during travail
The documentary follows three mothers through the physical travail of childbirth.
這部紀錄片記錄了三位母親經歷分娩之苦的過程。
pattern: the travail of childbirth
Modern medicine has greatly reduced the dangers women once faced during travail.
現代醫學大幅降低了婦女過去在分娩時面臨的風險。
- travail of childbirth
- during travail
- the pains of travail
- labor
the standard modern term; travail sounds more formal or literary
- childbirth
the general term covering the entire process of giving birth
- delivery
focuses specifically on the moment the baby is born
用法筆記
This sense is primarily used in historical, medical, or literary contexts. In modern everyday English, labor is the more common term for the childbirth process.
travail — 動詞
- travailpresent simple I / you / we / they
- travails3rd person singular
- travailing-ing form
- travailedpast simple
1. to work extremely hard over a long period, putting in great physical or mental e
辛勞
長時間辛苦地工作
to work extremely hard over a long period, putting in great physical or mental effort, often on a difficult task
The farmers travailed in the fields from dawn until dusk every day.
農夫們每天從日出到日落都在田裡辛勤勞動。
Antonia travailed over her doctoral thesis for nearly three years.
Antonia 花了將近三年的時間，辛苦撰寫她的博士論文。
pattern: travail over [something]
Generations of miners travailed deep underground in the coal mines of that region.
好幾代的礦工都在該地區的煤礦深處辛勤工作。
The sculptor travailed at the marble block for months before the figure took shape.
這位雕刻家在大理石塊上努力了幾個月，人物形象才逐漸成形。
pattern: travail at [something]
- travail over
- travail at
- travail on
- toil
the closest synonym; also literary, but slightly more common than travail
- labour
standard in British English; neutral register
- slave away
informal; implies working very hard, often for someone else
文法句型
travail + over/at/on [something]
travail + to-infinitive
用法筆記
Now considered literary or archaic. In modern English, work hard, toil, or labour are much more common. This verb is almost never used in everyday speech.
常見錯誤
常見搭配
介系詞搭配
- travail of
- through travail
- during travail