slog
verb (informal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they slog | |
| he / she / it slogs | |
| past simple slogged | |
| past participle slogged | |
| -ing form slogging |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to work hard and steadily at something, especially something that takes a long time and is boring or difficult 埋头苦干；坚持不懈地做 - slog (away) (at something)
He's been slogging away at that piece of music for weeks. 他苦练那段乐曲已有好几个星期了。 - slog (through something)
The teacher made us slog through long lists of vocabulary. 老师让我们下苦功记住一些长长的词汇表。 My mother slogged all her life for us. 我母亲为我们奋斗了一生。 - slog your way through something
She slogged her way through four piles of ironing. 她辛辛苦苦一连熨了四堆衣服。
- slog (away) (at something)
- [intransitive, transitive]
to walk or travel somewhere steadily, with great effort or difficulty 顽强地走；奋力前行；艰难行进 - + adv./prep.
I've been slogging around the streets of London all day. 整整一天，我一直在伦敦街头走来走去。 - slog your way through something
He started to slog his way through the undergrowth. 他踏上了穿越下木层的艰难征程。
- + adv./prep.
- [transitive, intransitive] slog (something) (+ adv./prep.)
to hit a ball very hard but often without skill 猛击，笨拙地猛击（球）
Word Originearly 19th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with the verb slug.
Idioms
slog/sweat/work your guts out
- (informal)
to work very hard to achieve something 拼命工作；拼命干活
slog it out
- (British English, informal)
to fight or compete in order to prove who is the strongest, the best, etc. 决出胜负；决一雌雄 The party leaders are slogging it out in a TV debate. 政党领袖在电视辩论中一决雌雄。