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Unit12 toil ?[t??l] n.?productive work (especially physical work done for wages)辛苦，苦工 eg I say to the House?as?I?said to Ministers?who have?joined?this?government, I have nothing?to?offer?but?blood,?toil,?sweat?and?tears.? 正如我曾对参加本届政府的成员所说的那样，我要对下院说：我没什么可以奉献，有的，只是热血、辛劳、眼泪和汗水。 v.?work hardThey were toiling at their experiment. 他们正在辛苦地做试验。 trencha ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth深沟 eg;He?added:When?you?getcloser,the?fortress?opens?up?to?you?through?a?narrow trench.? 他还补充道：“当你走近时，城堡就会通过一条窄窄的沟渠向你敞开。 the outside boundary or surface of something边缘 eg And?these?nationalists?are not?the?fringe.? 这些爱国者不是边缘势力。 . trench 英 [tren(t)?] 美 [tr?nt?] n.1 a long, narrow ditch in the earth；an open ditch for draining.沟，沟渠 eg. When you get closer, the fortress opens up to you through a narrow trench. 他还补充道：“当你走近时，城堡就会通过一条窄窄的沟渠向你敞开. 2a deep ditch dug in a zone of battle and held as a defensive position or as a base from which to attack.(军)壕沟 eg. We fought with them in the trenches. 我们在战壕里与他们作战。 v.1 to cut a ditch in.开沟，挖沟。 eg. to trench land for draining在地面挖沟排水 2to entrench, as an army.挖战壕 eg. The soldiers trenched an outpost. 士兵们用战壕防御前哨。 4. fringe 英 [fr?n(d)? ] 美 [fr?nd?] n.1 A fringe is a decoration attached to clothes, or other objects such as curtains, consisting of a row of hanging strips or threads. 流苏 eg. The jacket had leather fringes. 这件上衣饰有皮流苏。 2. To be on the fringe or the fringes of a place means to be on the outside edge of it, or to be in one of the parts that are farthest from its centre. 边缘 eg....black townships located on the fringes of the city. …位于该城市边缘的黑人居住区。 3The fringe or the fringes of an activity or organization are its less important, least typical, or most extreme parts, rather than its main and central part. 次要部分; 外围 eg. The party remained on the fringe of the political scene until last year. 直到去年该党还一直处于政治舞台的外围。 5、The new airline is chartered by the government. Cha