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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...
只好用了起重机,才将轿车从河里拖出来。
He hauled himself to his feet...
他吃力地站了起来。
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VERB
使出庭受审;使去见掌权者
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...
她因拒绝告诉警察自己的年龄而被地方法院传讯。
He was hauled before the managing director and fired.
他被叫去见总裁,然后就被解雇了。
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N-COUNT
(警方或海关查获的)一批赃物,一批违禁品
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...
本次查获的毒品量表明,海洛因在国际上的交易仍很猖獗。
Another break-in yielded a £4,000 haul of jewellery.
另一次入室盗窃偷得了价值4,000英镑的首饰。
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PHRASE
费时费力的事;耗时累人的行程
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.
罗马尼亚经济的复兴将是一项长期而艰巨的工作。