哪位大虾解释下句型"take a toll on sth."的意思和用法

遭受重创 take a heavy toll
the bureau take its toll on your family.当局给你家带来了损害

take a/its/their toll: to have a bad effect on someone or something －对某事产生不好的影响，尤其指身心的损耗。
Bringing up nine children had taken its toll on my mother. [often + on]
The disease has taken a horrendous toll in parts of western Africa.

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to take a heavy toll on human lives 对某人的生活造成重创
to take a terrible toll on sb./sth