a charge payable for permission to use a particular bridge or road
(桥梁或道路的)通行费
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motorway tolls 高速公路通行费
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[as modifier]
a toll bridge .收费桥梁。
〈北美〉 长途电话费。
[in sing.]the number of deaths, casualties, or injuries arising from particular circumstances, such as a natural disaster, conflict, or accident
伤亡人数
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the toll of dead and injured mounted .死伤人数上升。
the cost or damage resulting from something
(付出的)代价;(遭受的)损失,破坏
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the environmental toll of the policy has been high .这项政策使环境遭受的破坏很大。
charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road)
收取(桥梁或道路的)通行费
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the report advocates motorway tolling .该报告主张收取高速公路通行费。
(of a bell)sound with a slow, uniform succession of strokes, as a signal or announcement
(钟)缓慢而有规律地鸣响
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the bells of the cathedral began to toll for evening service .教堂的钟开始敲响,宣布晚祷礼拜就要开始。
[with obj.]cause (a bell) to make such a sound
(缓慢而有规律地)敲(钟)。
(of a bell)announce or mark (the time, a service, or a person's death)
鸣钟报告(时辰、仪式或死亡)
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the bell of St Mary Le Bow began to toll the curfew .圣玛丽勒布的钟开始鸣报宵禁。
a single ring of a bell
(一记)钟声。
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take its toll (或take a heavy toll ) have an adverse effect, especially so as to cause damage, suffering, or death 造成损失(或危害、伤亡)years of pumping iron have taken their toll on his body . 多年举重使他的身体受到伤害
"Old English (denoting a charge, tax, or duty), from medieval Latin