slog

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++slog1 /slɒɡ $ slɑːɡ/ verb (slogged, slogging) [intransitive, transitive] informal  1  WORK HARDto work hard at something without stopping, especially when the work is difficult, tiring, or boring 不停地苦干 Mother slogged all her life for us. 妈妈为我们操劳了一辈子。slog away After a day slogging away at work, I need to relax. 辛苦工作了一天，我需要放松一下。slog through You just have to sit down and slog through long lists of new vocabulary. 你必须坐下来好好地啃一啃长长的新词汇表。2  DIFFICULT[always + adverb/preposition] to make a long hard journey somewhere, especially on foot 长时间艰苦地行进，艰难地走〔尤指徒步〕 He’s been slogging round the streets delivering catalogues. 他奔波在街头递送商品目录。slog your way through/round etc something He started to slog his way up the hill. 他开始艰难地往山上爬。3  slog it out informal British EnglishFIGHTARGUE to fight, compete, or argue about something until one side wins 斗个胜负，争出个高低 The teams will be slogging it out on Saturday. 两队将在星期六决一雌雄。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

slog• A soaking wet Connors pushed open the flap and slogged inside.• Occasionally he would step down the wicket and slog my straight medium pacer straight and high over my head.• Of course we shall sometimes feel lonely but we were never meant, grim-faced and tight-lipped, to slog on alone.• But then, so do the 49ers as they slog their way through three more utterly meaningless games.• And the defense team, slogging through hour after hour of technical material, grew increasingly annoyed.• A truck came down the line picking us up and slogged to a stop in front of his ship.slog your way through/round etc something• But then, so do the 49ers as they slog their way through three more utterly meaningless games.slog2 noun  1  [singular, uncountable] British English informalWORK THAT somebody DOES a piece of work that takes a lot of time and effort and is usually boring 艰苦乏味的工作 It’ll be a slog, but I know we can do it. 这工作费时费力，但我知道我们能完成。 months of hard slog 几个月的辛勤劳动2  WALK[singular] a long period of tiring walking 长途跋涉 a long hard slog uphill 艰苦的长途爬山

Examples from the Corpus

slog• But it was also going to be a boring slog.• The game was a hard slog with no finesse, despite the promotion aspirations of both sides.• From there it was a hard slog to Tokai but, once there, the wine!• The campaign promises to be a long, hard slog.• It will be a whole year of hard slog before you see their like again ... if you're lucky!• Now, their lustre faded, they must plough through the qualifying slog to get there.hard slog• The season had been a hard slog and he felt a break was in the player's interests.• The game was a hard slog with no finesse, despite the promotion aspirations of both sides.• From there it was a hard slog to Tokai but, once there, the wine!• Just hard slog to move up the world rankings.• Then came Edinburgh and the long hard slog of a medical degree and the various hospital training jobs that followed.• It will be a whole year of hard slog before you see their like again ... if you're lucky!• The first aspect that presents itself is one of sheer hard slog!hard slog• The season had been a hard slog and he felt a break was in the player's interests.• The game was a hard slog with no finesse, despite the promotion aspirations of both sides.• From there it was a hard slog to Tokai but, once there, the wine!• Just hard slog to move up the world rankings.• Then came Edinburgh and the long hard slog of a medical degree and the various hospital training jobs that followed.• It will be a whole year of hard slog before you see their like again ... if you're lucky!• The first aspect that presents itself is one of sheer hard slog!

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Corpus especially hard work without at when the work to stopping, something

slog

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slog¹ /slɒɡ $ slɑːɡ/ verb (past tense and past participle slogged, present participle slogging) [intransitive and transitive] informal
1. to work hard at something without stopping, especially when the work is difficult, tiring, or boring:
    Mother slogged all her life for us.
    slog away
    After a day slogging away at work, I need to relax.
    slog through
    You just have to sit down and slog through long lists of new vocabulary.
2. [always + adverb/preposition] to make a long hard journey somewhere, especially on foot:
    He’s been slogging round the streets delivering catalogues.
    slog your way through/round etc something
    He started to slog his way up the hill.
3. slog it out British English to fight, compete, or argue about something until one side wins:
    The teams will be slogging it out on Saturday.

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slog² noun
1. [singular, uncountable] British English informal a piece of work that takes a lot of time and effort and is usually boring:
    It’ll be a slog, but I know we can do it.
    months of hard slog
2. [singular] a long period of tiring walking:
    a long hard slog uphill
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ walk noun [countable] a journey that you make on foot, especially for exercise or enjoyment: I took the dog out for a long walk in the fresh air. | We went for some lovely walks. | Do you fancy going out for a walk?
   ▪ hike noun [countable] a long walk in the mountains or countryside: We went for a hike in the woods. | There are some good hikes nearby.
   ▪ stroll noun [singular] a slow, relaxed walk: Let’s take a stroll in the park. | We went for a stroll along the river.
   ▪ wander British English a short relaxed walk, especially to look around a place: We had a wander round the town and then went to the beach.
   ▪ trek noun [singular] used when talking about a long walk in the mountains, countryside etc which lasts for several days and which you do for pleasure. Also used about a long tiring walk somewhere, which you do not want to have to do : They went on a three week trek in the Atlas Mountains. | We then had a long trek back to our hotel with all our luggage.
   ▪ slog [singular] a long, tiring, and unpleasant walk, which continues for several hours: It was a dreary slog over bleak and windswept hills.
   ▪ march noun [countable] an occasion when a group of people walk somewhere together, in order to protest about something: Demonstrators are planning a march through the capital. | a peace march