slog

slog

英 [slɒg]
　　美 [slɑɡ]

vt. 猛擊；步履艱難地行
　　vi. 猛擊；頑強行進
　　n. 苦幹；跋涉

中文詞源：

slog 猛擊，埋頭苦幹，堅持不懈

可能來自 slug 拼寫變體，詞義由猛擊引申為埋頭苦幹，堅持不懈。

例句：

1. I eventually got financial backing, but it was a slog.
我最終得到瞭經濟支持，但這得來不易。

2. The men had to slog up a steep muddy incline.
人們隻得在陡峭而泥濘的斜坡上艱難地行進。

3. Why should Melissa have to slog around the supermarket on her own?
為什麼梅利莎會一個人在超市裡面費勁地轉來轉去？

4. There is little to show for the two years of hard slog.
兩年的埋頭苦幹卻沒有獲得什麼值得炫耀的結果。

5. But there must be no talk of final victory; rather, the long, hard slog to a solution.
但是這還談不上是最後的勝利；而是長期、艱難地尋找解決方法的過程。