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VERB
(用力地)拉,拖
If you haul something which is heavy or difficult to move, you move it using a lot of effort.
例句
A crane had to be used to haul the car out of the stream...
只好用了起重機(jī),才將轎車從河里拖出來(lái)。
He hauled himself to his feet...
他吃力地站了起來(lái)。
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VERB
使出庭受審;使去見(jiàn)掌權(quán)者
If someone is hauled before a court or someone in authority, they are made to appear before them because they are accused of having done something wrong.
例句
She was hauled before magistrates for refusing to reveal her age to a policeman...
她因拒絕告訴警察自己的年齡而被地方法院傳訊。
He was hauled before the managing director and fired.
他被叫去見(jiàn)總裁,然后就被解雇了。
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N-COUNT
(警方或海關(guān)查獲的)一批贓物,一批違禁品
A haul is a quantity of things that are stolen, or a quantity of stolen or illegal goods found by police or customs.
例句
The size of the drugs haul shows that the international trade in heroin is still flourishing...
本次查獲的毒品量表明,海洛因在國(guó)際上的交易仍很猖獗。
Another break-in yielded a £4,000 haul of jewellery.
另一次入室盜竊偷得了價(jià)值4,000英鎊的首飾。
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PHRASE
費(fèi)時(shí)費(fèi)力的事;耗時(shí)累人的行程
If you say that a task or a journey is a long haul, you mean that it takes a long time and a lot of effort.
例句
Revitalising the Romanian economy will be a long haul.
羅馬尼亞經(jīng)濟(jì)的復(fù)興將是一項(xiàng)長(zhǎng)期而艱巨的工作。