搜索 英语 老师
Sasha
What is the meaning of:"Take its toll on"
Is it the same meaning of:lead to&influence?
I see this phrase in the essay ,it said:Apparently ,unpredictable noise produces more fatigue than predictable noise,but it takes a while for this fatigue to take its toll on performance .
2018年4月29日 13:49
回答 · 6
1
Take its toll- to have a bad effect on someone or something, especially over a long period of time.
Lead to - to result in something.
Influence- the power to have an effect on people or things. To cause someone to change a behavior, belief, or opinion, or to cause something to be changed.
2018年4月29日
The literal meaning of "toll" is a small payment you make in order to cross a bridge, or drive on a highway. For example, the big highway across the state of Indiana is the "Indiana Toll Road" and you have to pay a toll to drive on it.
Tolls are small fees, but they use up your money, a little at time. In your passage, it means "take away your energy gradually, a little bit at a time." Unpredictable noise, figuratively, makes you "pay a toll" over and over again. It is small and you hardly notice it is happening, but after a while you become fatigued.
2018年4月29日
Affect, influence, change (for the worse)
ie "the years take their toll on a man"
2018年4月29日
还未找到你的答案吗?
把你的问题写下来,让母语人士来帮助你!