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

• I suppose English and computers are the only tolls for study.
  我认为英语和计算机只是学习工具。
• The government could build roads funded by tolls on drivers, he suggests.
  他提出，政府可以用征收的汽车通行费筑路。
• He's just got a job collecting tolls at the start of the motorway.
  他刚得到了在高速公路的起点收取通行费的工作。
• 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。
• An expressway on which tolls are collected.
  一种收费的高速公路。
• Equalizing the tolls would be subject to the agreement of the tunnel operators.
  划一隧道收费，取决于能否与隧道经营者达成协议。
• Counting gasoline, tolls, meals, and everything, it's rather cheap to fly.
  算上汽油、道路通行费、饭钱及所有的一切，坐飞机还是相当便宜的。
• 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？
• 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。
• On Wednesday, the head of the country's Ministry of Transport responded to the public's concern over regulation of highway tolls.
  在周三的时候，国家交通运输部部长回应了公众对高速公路收费规则担忧的问题。