Archaeologists toil for years in the desert, carefully brushing away sand to uncover ancient pottery shards and inscriptions.
考古学家在沙漠中辛苦工作多年，小心地刷去沙子，以发掘古老的陶器碎片和铭文。
Which choice best defines “toil”?
D — To work very hard for a long time. “toil” means to work very hard for a long time.
Which word means “to work very hard for a long time”?
A — toil. “toil” means to work very hard for a long time.
toil — to work very hard for a long time. In Chinese: 辛苦工作，苦干.
toil is pronounced /tɔɪl/.
Archaeologists toil for years in the desert, carefully brushing away sand to uncover ancient pottery shards and inscriptions. (考古学家在沙漠中辛苦工作多年，小心地刷去沙子，以发掘古老的陶器碎片和铭文。)
labor, struggle, grind — all close in meaning to toil (to work very hard for a long time).
rest, relax — each the opposite of toil (to work very hard for a long time).
Yes. toil is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.