travailKK [trəˋvel] /tɹəˈveɪl/發音名詞1艱辛、苦難、磨難正式,常用複數She wrote a memoir about the travails of her early career.她寫了一本回憶錄,講述職涯初期的種種艱辛。2辛勞、苦工正式Years of travail finally produced a machine that worked.多年的辛勞終於做出一台能運轉的機器。3分娩、陣痛舊式The young mother was in travail through the whole night.這位年輕的母親整夜都在分娩的陣痛中。動詞1辛勤工作、勞苦正式,舊式The miners travailed underground for twelve hours a day.礦工每天在地底下辛勤工作十二個小時。