effort
n. 努力; 吃力; 有组织的行动; 费力的事
If you make an effort to do something, you try very hard to do it.
He made no effort to hide his disappointment...
他毫不掩饰失望之情。
Finding a cure requires considerable time and effort.
找到治疗的办法需要大量的时间和精力。
If you say that someone did something with effort or with an effort, you mean it was difficult for them to do.
She took a deep breath and sat up slowly and with great effort...
她深吸一口气,费力地慢慢坐起身来。
With an effort she contained her irritation.
她努力强压住了怒火。
An effort is a particular series of activities that is organized by a group of people in order to achieve something.
...a famine relief effort in Angola.
在安哥拉进行的饥荒救济行动
If you say that something is an effort, you mean that an unusual amount of physical or mental energy is needed to do it.
Even carrying the camcorder while hiking in the forest was an effort.
在森林中徒步旅行时,即便带的是便携式摄像机也非常费力。
If you make the effort to do something, you do it, even though you need extra energy to do it or you do not really want to.
I don't get lonely now because I make the effort to see people.
我现在不觉得孤独了,因为我尝试着与人交往。
If you do something difficult or painful by an effort of will, you manage to make yourself do it.
It was only by a supreme effort of will and courage that he was able to pull himself together.
他全凭超凡的决心和勇气才使自己振作起来。
If you say that something is worth the effort, you mean that it will justify the energy that you have spent or will spend on it.
Fortunately, the chore of leaf sweeping is well worth the effort.
幸运的是,干清扫落叶这个活儿是值得的。
1. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something;
2. use of physical or mental energy; hard work;
3. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
4. a notable achievement;
effort, trouble, pains, endeavour, struggle
这些名词均表示"努力"之意。
He did the work without effort.
他很轻松地就把工作做好了.
She made a feeble effort to get to school on time.
她努力想按时赶到学校,但未成功.
The prisoner made an effort to escape, but he couldn't climb the prison wall.
囚犯企图越狱, 但是爬不上监狱的墙.
As a result of collective effort, the difficult situation changed into a favourable one.
经过大家的努力, 困难的局面终于让位于顺利的局面.
With an effort , he drained off the whole bottle.
他一鼓劲儿, 把整瓶酒一饮而尽了.