travail

名词 travail:

1. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child
   同义词：parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, childbed
2. use of physical or mental energy; hard work
   同义词：effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat

动词 travail:

1. work hard
   同义词：labor, labour, toil, fag, grind, drudge, dig, moil

1. Mothers know the travail of giving birth to a child.
   母亲们了解分娩时的痛苦。
2. He gained the medal through his painful travail.
   他通过艰辛的努力获得了奖牌。