effort
n. 努力; 吃力; 有組織的行動; 費力的事
If you make an effort to do something, you try very hard to do it.
He made no effort to hide his disappointment...
他毫不掩飾失望之情。
Finding a cure requires considerable time and effort.
找到治療的辦法需要大量的時間和精力。
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...
她深吸一口氣,費力地慢慢坐起身來。
With an effort she contained her irritation.
她努力強壓住了怒火。
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.
在安哥拉進行的饑荒救濟行動
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.
在森林中徒步旅行時,即便帶的是行動式攝像機也非常費力。
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.
我現在不覺得孤獨了,因為我嘗試著與人交往。
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.
他全憑超凡的決心和勇氣才使自己振作起來。
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.
幸運的是,幹清掃落葉這個活兒是值得的。
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
這些名詞均表示"努力"之意。
He did the work without effort.
他很輕鬆地就把工作做好了.
She made a feeble effort to get to school on time.
她努力想按時趕到學校,但未成功.
The prisoner made an effort to escape, but he couldn't climb the prison wall.
囚犯企圖越獄, 但是爬不上監獄的牆.
As a result of collective effort, the difficult situation changed into a favourable one.
經過大家的努力, 困難的局面終於讓位於順利的局面.
With an effort , he drained off the whole bottle.
他一鼓勁兒, 把整瓶酒一飲而盡了.