toll學測 L5KK [ˈtol] ｜ /ˈtoʊl/
通行費；過路費·（鐘的）鳴響·（鐘）緩慢地敲響·代價；慘重損失
同一字身兼過路費、鐘聲、代價三義
The toll booth's light turned red until she put in the coins, then the gate lifted.
收費閘門的燈亮起紅燈,直到她投入硬幣,閘門才升起。
一個畫面：逐次敲響收取
閘門落下通行費:付費後閘門才放行
鐘槌敲擊鐘聲:鐘槌一下一下撞響
逐一累計代價:傷亡像鐘聲一樣一筆一筆累加
義項
閘門收費C1noun通行費；過路費
You have to pay a toll to cross this bridge.
你必須付通行費才能過這座橋。
pay a tolla toll booth
鐘聲鳴響C1noun（鐘的）鳴響
We could hear the toll of the bell from the church.
我們可以聽到教堂傳來的鐘聲鳴響。
the toll of a bell
鐘槌敲擊C2verb（鐘）緩慢地敲響
The bells began to toll during the funeral.
喪禮期間,鐘聲開始敲響。
church bells toll
傷亡代價C2noun代價；慘重損失
The earthquake took a heavy toll on the small town.
這場地震對這座小鎮造成了慘重的損失。
take a toll ona heavy toll
片語
toll-free免付費 →免收費用的服務
take a toll on耗損身心 →使某方面受到損害
death toll死亡人數 →災難的死亡總數
toll road收費道路 →需要付通行費的路
你會不會這樣說？
You have to pay a ___ to cross this bridge. (toll / told)
看答案
toll
toll 是通行費,told 是 tell 的過去式,發音相近易混淆。
'The earthquake took a heavy toll on the small town.' 這裡的 toll 最接近哪個意思？(A) 通行費 (B) 鐘聲 (C) 慘重的代價
看答案
(C)
此句描述天災造成的損失與傷亡,對應「代價；慘重損失」的義項。
字族
tollbooth 收費亭；收費站・tolling 鐘聲的敲響
順路看看
fare — 同是交通費用,fare 專指票價fee — 泛指各種服務費用,非過路費casualty — 指傷亡者本身,與 death toll 相關多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
配送行程費用
The driver recorded the bridge toll in the delivery log.
司機在配送紀錄中記下了過橋通行費。
團隊工作狀況
Repeated schedule changes have taken a toll on team morale.
反覆變更時程已打擊了團隊士氣。
詞族
tolls noun (plural) 通行費（複數）・toll verb （鐘）緩慢而反覆地敲響・tolled verb (past tense / past participle) （鐘）緩慢敲響（過去式／過去分詞）・tolling verb (present participle) （鐘）緩慢敲響（現在分詞）
四選一
During tomorrow's demonstration, the museum guide will ____ the large bell slowly.
看答案
toll
will 後須接原形動詞 toll，表示導覽員將緩慢敲鐘。tolled 是過去式或過去分詞，tolls 作動詞時是第三人稱單數，tolling 是現在分詞，均不符合此處結構。
同義改寫
The driver recorded the bridge toll in the delivery log. → The driver recorded the fee for crossing the bridge in the delivery log.
bridge toll 即過橋所收取的費用；改寫保留費用種類與記錄位置。
Repeated schedule changes have taken a toll on team morale. → Repeated schedule changes have damaged team morale.
take a toll on 在此表示造成損害；damaged 同樣表達反覆變更時程對士氣造成的負面影響。