haul /hɔːl/ CET4 TEM4 ( hauling, hauled, hauls )

• 1. 

  V-T If you haul something which is heavy or difficult to move, you move it using a lot of effort. (用力地) 拉

  例：

  A crane had to be used to haul the car out of the stream.

  不得不用了一台起重机把轿车从河里拉出来。

• 2. 

  V-T 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. 传讯 [usu passive]

  例：

  He was hauled before the managing director and fired.

  他被总裁叫去问话并被解雇了。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB Haul up means the same as . 传讯

  例：

  He was hauled up before the board of trustees.

  他被带到了托管委员会面前问话。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A haul is a quantity of things that are stolen, or a quantity of stolen or illegal goods found by police or customs. 一次偷得之量; (警察或海关) 一次查获之量

  例：

  The size of the drug haul shows that the international trade in heroin is still flourishing.

  这次的毒品缴获量说明国际性海洛因交易依然猖獗。

• 5. 

  PHRASE 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. 费时费力的工作

  例：

  Revitalizing the Romanian economy will be a long haul.

  复兴罗马尼亚经济将是一项长期艰巨的工作。

• 6. 

  → see also long-haul