tolls

英 [təʊlz]

美 [toʊlz]

n.  (道路、桥梁的)通行费; (战争、灾难等造成的)毁坏; 伤亡人数; (缓慢而有规律的)钟声
v.  (缓慢而有规律地)敲(钟); (尤指)鸣(丧钟)
toll的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (缓慢反复地)敲(钟)，鸣(丧钟);(钟)鸣响
  When a belltollsor when someonetollsit, it rings slowly and repeatedly, often as a sign that someone has died.
  1. Church bells tolled and black flags fluttered...
     教堂丧钟敲响，黑色的旗帜飘动。
  2. The pilgrims tolled the bell.
     朝圣者缓缓敲响了钟。
• (桥梁、道路的)通行费
  Atollis a small sum of money that you have to pay in order to use a particular bridge or road.
• (公路、桥梁的)收费
  Atollroad ortollbridge is a road or bridge where you have to pay in order to use it.
• See also:There are fears that the casualty toll may be higher.…the second highest annual murder toll in that city's history.death toll
• PHRASE 造成恶果(或不利影响、痛苦等)
  If you say that somethingtakesitstollortakes a heavy toll, you mean that it has a bad effect or causes a lot of suffering.
  1. Winter takes its toll on your health...
     冬天对健康不利。
  2. Higher fuel prices took their toll.
     燃料提价产生了恶果。
  3. …a high exchange rate took a heavy toll on industry.
     高汇率使工业蒙受了严重损失。

双语例句

• The road is free of the tolls that burden new highways connecting urban areas.
  这条路免交过路费，过路费是那些连接城市地区的新建公路的负担。
• An expressway on which tolls are collected.
  一种收费的高速公路。
• In2006 the Land Transport Authority tested a traffic-prediction system built by IBM to set the tolls.
  2006年，陆路交通管理局测试了一套由IBM公司制造的用于设置收费额的交通预测系统。
• Tolls are controlled by the government.
  这些隧道的收费仍受政府规管。
• Research on Precise Charge and Split for Expressway Vehicle Tolls
  高速公路车辆通行费精确收取及拆分技术研究
• Tolls vary dependent on the road used and length of the journey.
  收费各不相同的道路上依赖使用和长度的旅程。
• Official death tolls are fuzzy because of the large transient population and newly unaccounted-for residents in the area.
  因为当地有大量的流动人口和近期去向不明的居民，官方通报的死亡人数很模糊。
• Expect the first ghost tonight, when the bell tolls one.
  今晚期待第一个幽灵。当钟声敲响第一下的时候。
• Sign on another group of workers someone employed to collect tolls.
  签约再雇用一批工人被雇来征收通行税的人。
• Even playgrounds should collect tolls when it is billionaires in the sandpit.
  当亿万富翁们在沙坑里玩耍时，即使是游戏场也应该收费。