toll/təʊl/

n

1. C (道路或桥梁等的)通行费

• We must pay a toll to drive on this road. 我们在这条路上开车必须付通行费。

2. C,常用单 牺牲；损失；死伤人数

• The economic toll was very heavy. 经济损失严重。

词组take a heavy toll 造成重大伤亡

• The plane crash took a heavy toll of lives. 那次坠机事件使很多人丧生。

take a (或its) toll 造成损失

• Every year at Christmas drunken driving takes its toll. 每年圣诞节都有醉酒驾车的死亡事故。