toll的意思

基本释义

• n 通行费；代价；钟声；伤亡人数

  the number of people killed or injured in a particular accident, by a particular illness etc

• v 征收；敲钟

  if a large bell tolls, or if you toll it, it keeps ringing slowly, especially to show that someone has died

例句

1. The death toll has risen to 83.

   死亡人数已上升到83人。

2. The bombings took a heavy toll , killing hundreds of Londoners.

   轰炸造成严重伤亡，有几百名伦敦人丧生。

3. All vehicles travelling across the bridge have to pay a toll.

   所有过桥的车辆都要付过桥费。

4. Independent sources say that the civilian death toll runs into thousands.

   独立消息人士说平民死亡人数达数千。 (

5. At Cathedral Square, the bell of the medieval tower tolled.

   在大教堂广场上，中世纪塔楼的钟敲响了。

短语

• death toll 死亡人数
• take its toll 造成损失，造成伤亡
• road toll 养路费；道路收费
• toll station n. 收费站
• take a toll 产生负面影响；造成损失

近义词

英英释义

noun 1. value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something e.g. the cost in human life was enormous the price of success is hard work what price glory? Synonym: pricecost 2. the sound of a bell being struck e.g. saved by the bell she heard the distant toll of church bells Synonym: bell 3. a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance) verb 1. ring slowly e.g. For whom the bell tolls 2. charge a fee for using e.g. Toll the bridges into New York City

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