What does "plough through" mean?

To work through something with effort To make slow, steady progress through difficult material.

How do you use "plough through" in a sentence?

I ploughed through the documents. She ploughed through her homework. Ploughing through the reading list.

Phrasal Verb BritishAustralian ★★★★☆ Common Neutral

含义: To work through something with effort

费力地完成

Abrirse paso con esfuerzo

努力して取り組む

힘들게 해치우다

To make slow, steady progress through difficult material.

缓慢而稳定地处理困难的材料。

Avanzar lenta pero constantemente a través de material difícil.

困難な資料をゆっくりと着実に進めること。

어려운 자료를 느리지만 꾸준히 진행하다.

Base verb: plough

Particle: through

Separable: Yes — the object can go between the verb and particle

I ploughed through the documents.
我费力地看完了文件
Me abrí paso entre los documentos
書類をなんとか読み終えた
서류를 간신히 다 읽었다.
She ploughed through her homework.
她埋头做完了作业
Ella se peleó con los deberes
彼女は宿題をなんとかこなした
그녀는 숙제를 힘들게 해치웠다.
Ploughing through the reading list.
在吭哧吭哧地看书单上的书
Abriéndose paso por la lista de lecturas
読書リストをコツコツ消化中
독서 목록을 꾸준히 소화하는 중이다.

语境: reading, work, persistence

语气: determined

From ploughing through earth with effort.

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal