toiled
苦労した
解説 Definition
toiled は toil（苦労して働く、骨を折る）の過去形・過去分詞です。長時間、困難な状況で一生懸命働いたことを表す語です。
Toiled is the past tense and past participle of toil. It describes having worked extremely hard for a long time, often under tiring, unpleasant, or difficult conditions and toward a demanding goal.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
toiled は toil「骨を折って働く」に規則変化の -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、末尾は /d/ と発音します。toiled in the fields、toiled through the night、toiled for months のように、長時間のつらい努力を示す場所・期間表現と一緒に覚えましょう。
Toiled is the regular past tense and past participle of toil, formed by adding -ed; because toil ends in a voiced sound, the ending is pronounced /d/. Associate it with long duration and difficult effort: people toiled in the fields, through the night, or for months. Unlike worked, which is neutral, toiled emphasizes exhaustion, hardship, or sustained labor. The word can function in a past-tense clause or in a perfect construction such as had toiled, but the memory image remains someone working hard without relief.
例文
They toiled in the fields all summer.
彼らは夏の間ずっと畑で苦労して働きました。
She toiled for months to finish the report.
彼女はその報告書を仕上げるために何か月も苦労しました。
The workers toiled through the night to repair the bridge.
作業員たちは橋を修理するために夜通し懸命に働きました。
toiled の類義語・関連語
toiled の語源・成り立ち Etymology
toiled は toil の過去分詞形で、toil は古フランス語 toillier『かき回す・骨を折る』に由来するとされます。『休まずごしごし動き続ける』感覚から、苦労して働く・骨折るという意味になりました。関連語は toil, toilsome。
Toiled is the regular past and past-participle form of toil. The verb is generally traced through Anglo-French or Old French forms such as toiller, associated with struggling, agitating, or laboring. Its history supports the modern sense of strenuous, wearisome work. English adds the regular suffix -ed to form toiled, with no change to the spelling of the base word.
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