| 词汇 | travail |
| 释义 | travail noun[ usually plural ] uk /ˈtræv.eɪl/ us /treˈveɪl/ an unpleasant experience or situation, especially one that involves a lot of hard work or effort: 艰苦处境；艰辛，煎熬 the recent travails of the airline industry航空运输业最近的艰辛 Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences a hard/tough row to hoeidiom abyss adversity at your worstidiom Augean bad hair day epidemic half nelson hardness have a bumpy rideidiom pall prison purgatory push factor quagmire quicksand scrape strait the Augean Stablesidiom the hard wayidiom Examples of travailtravail This is because the crisis has indicated that democratic regimes may be more effective at dealing with economic travails than authoritarian regimes. No single prior work, however, has systematically focused on the modern state's travails in getting to know its own territory. In other words, soft news shows focus on the travails of individuals, rather than the broader implications or consequences of policies. Note that with the exception of the verb travail, all noninitially stressed items are latecomers. The findings in this paper also focus our attention on the travails of the strong candidates. The travails of one meso-scale aspect of identity, ethnicity, are instructive. There is also evidence that the travails of public rented housing and, in particular, the shortage of both capital and revenue resources have left their mark. Statues and representations of distant kings are less compelling than the travails of the poor people presented in traditional stories that at least still attract middle-aged and older audiences. We have in our hands the collected works of our travail over the months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I conclude by emphasising that the industry is in travail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that it is in good shape for the travails ahead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we fear is our people going through another period of hardship and travail before what today is obvious comes to be done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the cost to this country in hard cash, travail and grief of the present rate of road accidents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of the troubles and ill effects which have arisen from the quota system might be ascribed to the pangs of travail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After these months and years of travail, surely it is time for a speedy deliverance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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