travails

英 [ˈtræveɪlz]

美 [trəˈveɪlz]

n. 艰苦劳动; 煎熬; 艰辛; 痛苦
travail的复数

柯林斯词典

N-VAR 艰苦劳动;难题
You can refer to unpleasant hard work or difficult problems astravail.
1. He did whatever he could to ease their travail.
  他为减轻他们的辛劳做了力所能及的一切。

双语例句

She told them the Obama administration will stand by them in their travails.
克林顿告诉她们，在她们遭受痛苦和艰辛的时候，奥巴马政府和他们站在一道。
The subindexes that comprise the PMI showed a sharp drop in export orders but a general increase in new orders an indication that domestic strength was more than cushioning the impact of Europe's debt travails.
构成PMI指数的几个分类指数显示，出口订单大幅下降，但新订单总体上升，说明国内经济的强劲程度足以抵消欧债危机的冲击。
Before he arrived at the border, he had to endure many travails.
在他到达边境之前，他必须忍受很多劳苦。
Societe Generale declined to discuss its training policies, but it would be surprising if banks thought less, rather than more, education and training was the answer to their recent travails.
兴业银行拒绝讨论其培训政策，但如果各银行认为，减少（而非加强）教育和培训是针对近期危机的答案，那就怪了。
The travails of the British car industry are Seldon out of the news.
英国汽车工业的艰辛新闻很少有不报道的。
What do earlier banking crises reveal about America's travails today?
之前的银行危机为今天美国的阵痛带来何种启示？
Let me be clear here: The only way for children to build a true sense of competence is through first-hand experience that includes travails, triumphs, struggles, setbacks, and successes.
这儿让我说清楚：为孩子建立真正意义上的能力唯一方式就是第一手的体验，包括艰辛、胜利、斗争、挫折和成功。
Indeed, whenever any candidate has defended evidence-based science, they have suffered a backlash: witness the travails of Mitt Romney.
实际上，无论哪位候选人为循证科学辩护，他们都会遭到激烈的反对：看看米特罗姆尼（mittromney）的痛苦经历吧。
Throughout my life, I have had to face few outward travails.
在我的一生中很少需要去面对一些外在的痛苦。
Of course, these travails are relative.
当然，这些痛苦都是相对的。