Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense tolls, present participle tolling, past tense, past participle tolled
1V-ERG (缓慢反复地)敲(钟),鸣(丧钟);(钟)鸣响 When a bell tolls or when someone tolls it, it rings slowly and repeatedly, often as a sign that someone has died. (缓慢反复地)敲(钟),鸣(丧钟);(钟)鸣响
Church bells tolled and black flags fluttered. [VERB]
2N-COUNT (桥梁、道路的)通行费 A toll is a small sum of money that you have to pay in order to use a particular bridge or road. (桥梁、道路的)通行费
3N-COUNT [NOUN n](公路、桥梁的)收费 A toll road or toll bridge is a road or bridge where you have to pay in order to use it. (公路、桥梁的)收费
4N-COUNT [usually singular](死亡、事故或灾难的)总数 A toll is a total number of deaths, accidents, or disasters that occur in a particular period of time. (死亡、事故或灾难的)总数 [journalism]
There are fears that the casualty toll may be higher.
有人担心伤亡总数可能会更高。
…the second highest annual murder toll in that city's history.
6PHRASE 造成恶果(或不利影响、痛苦等) If you say that something takes its toll or takes a heavy toll, you mean that it has a bad effect or causes a lot of suffering. 造成恶果(或不利影响、痛苦等)
Winter takes its toll on your health. [+ on]
冬天对健康不利。
Higher fuel prices took their toll.
燃料提价产生了恶果。
…a high exchange rate took a heavy toll on industry.
1money that you pay to use a road, bridge, etc.道路、橋梁通行費ADJECTIVE | VERB + TOLL | TOLL + NOUNADJECTIVE➤highway (in the US) , motorway (in the UK) , road高速公路通行費;道路通行費VERB + TOLL➤charge, collect, exact, impose, levy收取通行費;徵收通行費◇the possibility of imposing tolls on some roads對一些公路徵收通行費的可能性➤pay交通行費TOLL + NOUN➤bridge, highway (in the US) , motorway (in the UK) , road收費橋梁;收費高速公路;收費道路▸➤booth(usually tollbooth) , plaza, station (both NAmE) 收費亭;收費處;收費站▸➤charge通行費的收取toll
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2amount of damage done/number of people killed破壞程度;傷亡人數ADJECTIVE | VERB + TOLL | TOLL + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤devastating, enormous, great, heavy, high, huge, terrible, tragic毀滅性傷亡;巨大傷亡;重大傷亡;嚴重傷亡;慘重傷亡➤mounting, rising不斷上升的傷亡人數◇the mounting death toll不斷上升的死亡人數➤final最終傷亡人數▸➤casualty, death, injury (especially BrE) 傷亡/死亡/受傷人數▸➤civilian, human平民/人員傷亡▸➤emotional, physical, psychological情感/身體/心理創傷VERB + TOLL➤exact, take造成損害◇The pressure of fame can take a terrible toll.名聲的壓力能造成可怕的傷害。◇The recession is taking its toll.經濟衰退正造成重大損失。➤estimate評估傷害損失TOLL + VERB➤mount, rise傷亡人數增加/上升◇The death toll from yesterday's crash is still rising.昨天車禍的死亡人數仍在增加。➤reach sth傷亡人數達到⋯◇The casualty toll could reach 200.傷亡人數可能會達到 200 人。➤stand at sth傷亡人數是⋯◇The death toll stands at 37.死亡人數為 37 人。PREPOSITION➤toll on對⋯的損害◇Illness has taken a heavy toll on her.疾病對她的身體造成了極大的損害。PHRASES➤bring the toll to使傷亡人數達到⋯◇This brings the death toll to 86.這使死亡人數達到 86 人。➤put the toll at估計傷亡人數為⋯◇The latest estimates put the death toll at 15 000.最新估計的死亡人數為 15,000 人。