toll

英 [təʊl] 美[tol]

n. 通行费；代价；钟声；伤亡人数
vt. 征收；敲钟
vi. 鸣钟；征税

近义词 fare fee tax assessment revenue levy tariff duty jingle ring chime tinkle peal tithe

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英英释义

1. a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)

2. value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something;: "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"

3. the sound of a bell being struck;: "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"

词组搭配

take its toll (或 take a heavy toll)

have an adverse effect, especially so as to cause damage, suffering, or death

造成损失（或危害、伤亡）

years of pumping iron have taken their toll on his body.
多年举重使他的身体受到伤害。

考试真题

Such incidents take a tremendous toll on our nation's economy and our individual well-being.

Glimmers ( ' , 少许 ) of hope, however, are beginning to emerge in this bruising environment: Americans are becoming aware of the toll their jobs take on them, and employers are exploring ways to alleviate the harmful effects of stress and overwork.

Glimmers of hope, however, are beginning to emerge in this bruising environment: Americans are becoming aware of the toll their jobs take on them, and employers are exploring ways to alleviate the harmful effects of stress and overwork.

Stress is taking a significant toll on our health, and the collective public health cost may be enormous.

The Israeli study suggests that doing so may be best for the baby, but may take a toll on mom.

The problem is "decision fatigue, '' a psychological phenomenon that takes a toll on the quality of your choices after a long day of decision making, says Evan Polman, a leading psychologist.

Through careful preparation, the death toll from a super tropical storm in November 2007 was less than 3, 500.

The growth in public money for academic research has speeded the process: federal research grants rose fourfold between 1960 and 1990, but faculty teaching hours fell by half as research took its toll.

实用场景例句

motorway tolls: 高速公路通行费

a toll road/bridge: 收费道路 / 桥梁

The official death toll has now reached 7 000.: 官方公布的死亡人数现已达7 000人。

the war's growing casualty toll: 不断增长的战争伤亡人数

Illness had taken a heavy toll on her.: 疾病对她的身体造成极大的损害。

The recession is taking its toll on the housing markets.: 经济衰退使住房市场遭受着重大损失。

The Abbey bell tolled for those killed in the war.: 大教堂为战争中的死难者鸣钟。

The bell tolled the hour.: 鸣钟报时。

(figurative)The revolution tolled the death knell (= signalled the end) for the Russian monarchy.: 那场革命敲响了俄国君主制的丧钟。

Church bells tolled and black flags fluttered...: 教堂丧钟敲响，黑色的旗帜飘动。

The pilgrims tolled the bell.: 朝圣者缓缓敲响了钟。

There are fears that the casualty toll may be higher.: 有人担心伤亡总数可能会更高。

…the second highest annual murder toll in that city's history.: 年谋杀案件总数处于该市历史上的第二高位

Winter takes its toll on your health...: 冬天对健康不利。

Higher fuel prices took their toll.: 燃料提价产生了恶果。

The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.: 昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼.

The timid but tolerant toll man offered some timely tips as a token of tribute.: 那个怯懦但宽容的收费员提供了一些很及时的消息以表示他的敬意.

A toll road, especially an expressway with tollgates.: 收费公路收费的公路, 特指设立收费关卡的高速公路.

This photo models used in highway or other major road toll station, the light above.: 图片这款式应用在高速公路或国道等大型收费站上面的指示灯.

The death toll from a tsunami that hit the Solomon Islands is expected to grow.: 海啸袭击所罗门群岛导致的死亡人数还在上升.

The death toll from the violence has reached 47.: 由暴力事件引起的死亡人数已经达到47.

An occasional indulgence is fine, but too much dessert can take a toll on waist lines.: 偶尔放纵一下还好, 但过多的摄入甜点会让巨蟹的腰围变粗哦.

Vienna , Austria , 1740, at the heart ⌒ of ⌒ an ancient ⌒ empire, age takes ⌒ its toll.: 一七四零年, 奥地利的维也纳位居这个古老王国的中心, 历经岁月的摧残.

The internationals have taken their toll.: 由于国际比赛对他们的吸引.

Objective In order to explore the status of environmental contamination in traffic toll gate.: 目的探讨道路收费站作业环境污染程度.

Therefore it's necessary to use computer monitoring system in the expressway toll collection management.: 因此,在车流量非常大的高速公路上使用高效的收费监控系统是必不可少的.

Because I can pull, I'll toll bell.: 因为我能够拉, 我来鸣响丧钟.

Although we started with six hens, they began to take their toll.: 我们起初有六只母鸡, 但后来开始减少.

After six weeks of uncertainty , the strain was beginning to take its toll.: 6个星期的忐忑不安后, 压力开始产生影响了.

That battle took a heavy toll of the Taiping troops for they were attacked front and rear.: 那次战役太平军因腹背受敌,伤亡惨重.

中文词源

toll 费用，道路通行费，长途电话费，伤亡人数

来自古英语 toll,费用，税费，关税，来自 Proto-Germanic*tullo,计算数，告知，来自 PIE*dol, 计算，思考，词源同 tell,tall.引申诸相关词义。

助记提示

1、词根tel-为什么会由end, result, final引申出tax这一层含义？其实很简单，咱们汉语里表示与税费有关的词有：结算、结账，它们都与结(end)有关；同类情况的还有：fin- => finance.
2、tel- "tax" => toll.

双语例句

1. The daily toll of casualties has dropped off sharply.: 每日伤亡人数已经大大减少。

2. This has taken a great toll on me personally and professionally.: 这给我的个人生活和我的工作都造成了严重的不良影响。

3. There are fears that the casualty toll may be higher.: 有人担心伤亡总数可能会更高。

4. Winter takes its toll on your health.: 冬天对健康不利。

5. Higher fuel prices took their toll.: 燃料提价产生了恶果。

英文词源

toll: toll: Toll ‘charge, payment’ [OE] and toll ‘ring a bell’ [15] are distinct words. The former was borrowed into Old English from medieval Latin tolōneum ‘place where tolls are collected’, an alteration of late Latin telōneum. This in turn was borrowed from Greek telónion, a derivative of télos ‘tax’. The ancestry of toll ‘ring a bell’ is more conjectural. It may be the same word as the long-obsolete toll ‘pull’, which went back to an Old English *tollian.
toll (n.): "tax, fee," Old English toll "impost, tribute, passage-money, rent," variant of toln, cognate with Old Norse tollr, Old Frisian tolen, Old High German zol, German Zoll, probably representing an early Germanic borrowing from Late Latin tolonium "custom house," from Latin telonium "tollhouse," from Greek teloneion "tollhouse," from telones "tax-collector," from telos "tax" (see tele-; for sense, compare finance). On the other theory it is native Germanic and related to tell (v.) on the notion of "that which is counted." Originally in a general sense of "payment exacted by an authority;" meaning "charge for right of passage along a road" is from late 15c.
toll (v.): "to sound with slow single strokes" (intransitive), mid-15c., probably a special use of tollen "to draw, lure," early 13c. variant of Old English -tyllan in betyllan "to lure, decoy," and fortyllan "draw away, seduce," of obscure origin. The notion is perhaps of "luring" people to church with the sound of the bells, or of "drawing" on the bell rope. Transitive sense from late 15c. Related: Tolled; tolling. The noun meaning "a stroke of a bell" is from mid-15c.

词态变化

复数: tolls;第三人称单数: tolls;过去式: tolled;过去分词: tolled;现在分词: tolling;