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

• Tolls are controlled by the government.
  这些隧道的收费仍受政府规管。
• Someone employed to collect tolls.
  被雇来征收通行税的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• By taking a train you are free of worries about traffic, weather conditions, tolls and gas.
  坐火车可免去担忧交通堵塞、气不好，收费和加油等问题。
• 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。
• 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？