travail

• 名词，指痛苦或令人精疲力竭的劳作，常与繁重工作或分娩时的身体剧痛有关。

A noun referring to painful or laborious effort, often associated with hard work or the physical exertion of childbirth.

1. Labor and childbirthC1formalmedical

   The process of giving birth, from the beginning of contractions until the delivery of the baby.

   分娩

   • She endured many hours of travail before her daughter was born.
   • The midwife monitored the mother's progress through her travail.
   • Modern medicine has made the travails of childbirth safer.

   同义词accouchementchildbirthdeliverylaborparturition

2. Hard work or effortC1formal

   Intense physical or mental exertion; difficult and tiring work.

   艰苦劳动

   • The construction of the cathedral was a monumental travail.
   • After years of travail, the scientist finally made a breakthrough.
   • He wrote his masterpiece after a long period of creative travail.

   同义词drudgeryeffortexertiongrindlaborslogtoilwork

   反义词easeleisurerelaxationreposerest

• 过时或文学用语，指辛勤劳作或受苦，常与极度劳累或分娩的阵痛相关。

An archaic or literary verb meaning to work hard, toil, or suffer, often associated with laborious effort or the pains of childbirth.

1. Work HardC2formal

   To engage in strenuous physical or mental effort; to toil or labor intensely.

   辛勤劳作

   • The workers travailed in the fields from dawn until dusk.
   • She travailed over the manuscript for years before it was published.
   • He travailed to build a new life for his family in a foreign land.

   同义词drudgegrindlaborlabourmoilplodslogstrivesweattoil

   反义词idlelazeloafrelaxrest