slog

• vt. 猛擊；步履艱難地行
• vi. 猛擊；頑強行進
• n. 苦幹；跋涉

可能來自 slug 拚寫變體，詞義由猛擊引申為埋頭苦幹，堅持不懈。

slog (v.)

1824, "hit hard," probably a variant of slug (v.3) "to strike." Sense of "walk doggedly" first recorded 1872. Related: Slogged; slogger; slogging.

slog (n.)

1846, "a hard hit," from slog (v.). Sense of "spell of hard work" is from 1888.

1. I eventually got financial backing, but it was a slog.

我最終得到了經濟支持，但這得來不易。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The men had to slog up a steep muddy incline.

人們隻得在陡峭而泥濘的斜坡上艱難地行進。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Why should Melissa have to slog around the supermarket on her own?

為什麽梅利莎會一個人在超市裏麵費勁地轉來轉去？

來自柯林斯例句

4. There is little to show for the two years of hard slog.

兩年的埋頭苦幹卻沒有獲得什麽值得炫耀的結果。

來自柯林斯例句

5. But there must be no talk of final victory; rather, the long, hard slog to a solution.

但是這還談不上是最後的勝利；而是長期、艱難地尋找解決方法的過程。

來自柯林斯例句