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

• 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。
• Make sure you add up the cost of any bus fare, parking fees or tolls.
  确保你把公车车票；停车费或道路费都一起算进来。
• 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。
• 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。
• The local government levied all kinds of tolls on every dealer.
  当地政府向每个小贩徵收各种捐税。
• 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。
• 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。
• A collector of public taxes or tolls in the ancient Roman empire.
  税吏古罗马帝国收取公共税或通行税的人。
• An expressway on which tolls are collected.
  一种收费的高速公路。
• Tolls are controlled by the government.
  这些隧道的收费仍受政府规管。