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

• Where will tolls come from if there is no traffic on an eight-lane highway?
  如果八车道的高速公路上没有车流量，通行费从何而来？
• 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。
• Someone employed to collect tolls.
  被雇来征收通行税的人。
• Our life is eager, our desires are keen, for time tolls the bell of parting.
  我们的生命是热切的，愿望是强烈的，因为时间在敲着离别之钟。
• He says the increase in tolls and taxes is needed to fund road construction and maintenance.
  他表示，只有增加高速公路的通行费和其他税收才能筹到所需的资金来进行公路建设和公路保养。
• There were conflicting casualty tolls as is common in such attacks where bodies are mangled and identification is difficult.
  有冲突的伤亡收费是常见的这类攻击的地方机构的错位和鉴定是困难的。
• 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。
• Of course, the effects of this phenomenon are not to be ignored, as they are already taking tolls in the relationship within families and on people's health.
  当然，这一现象的影响不容忽视，因为它已经危害到与家人的关系和人们的健康。
• These roads are often in the United States financed by tolls.
  这种道路在美国通常是用通行税来筹集资金的。