endeavour

[US]/in'devə/
[UK]/ɛnˈdɛvɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 〈英〉盡力,竭力
Word Forms
複數endeavours
過去分詞endeavoured
過去式endeavoured
第三人稱單數endeavours
現在分詞endeavouring

Example Sentences

Governments should endeavour to mitigate distress.

政府應努力緩解貧困問題。

he is endeavouring to help the Third World.

他正努力幫助第三世界。

a gesticulating figure endeavouring to charm a cobra.

做手勢舞弄眼鏡蛇的人。

he endeavoured to moralize an immoral society.

他努力改造不道德的社會。

We must always endeavour to improve our work.

我們總要努力改進自己的工作。

and, I thought, I rose and endeavoured to unhasp the casement.

在人羣中,有幾跟手杖架成十字,向我砸了過來,卻打在了別人的頭上。

I endeavoured to unhasp the casement,but the hook was soldered into the staple.

我試着去打開那窗子,但窗鉤給焊在鉤環裏了。

She made a 1:5 scale replica of Captain Cook’s ship, ‘The Endeavour’.

她製作了一個比例爲1:5 的庫克船長的“奮進”號的複製品。

he crouched low and endeavoured to merge into the darkness of the forest.

他蹲下來,力圖隱入森林的黑暗中。

We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher, which wastes oil and gas.

我們力圖避免那種有關噴油井的陳舊的,不切實際的計劃,這種計劃浪費油和天然氣。

Craniology, phrenology and eugenics, once-respectable fields of endeavour that are now regarded with a shudder, may shriek from time to time, but few sane people pay attention to them.

這些學科雖然偶爾也會叫囂一下,但神志清醒的人大多不以爲然。

Real-world Examples

They could not do it, despite their best endeavours.

他們盡了最大的努力,但還是做不成功。

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Because of their excessive endeavours to perpetuate life.

以其生生之厚。

Source: Tao Te Ching

Being a parent can be an almost life-long endeavour.

父母幾乎是一部終身奮鬥史。

Source: World Holidays

Limiting climate change and fighting cyberthreats are hardly mutually exclusive endeavours.

限制氣候變化和對抗網絡威脅的努力並不互斥。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

And after all, we must all endeavour to do our duty.

畢竟,我們都得盡力履行責任。

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

The distinction between the two is actually critical for many scientific endeavours.

兩者的區別對於科學事業來說,其實很關鍵。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

When you start any endeavour in your life, here is what we think should happen.

當你在生活中開始嘗試任何努力時,以下是我們認爲應該發生的情況。

Source: Essential Reading List for Self-Improvement

Sue has made every endeavour to help us. I hardly know how we can thank her enough.

蘇總是盡力竭力地幫助我們,我真不知道該怎麼謝她纔好。

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Now let me endeavour to show you the different steps in my reasoning.

好,現在讓我把我在這個案件中進行推理的各個不同步驟儘量向你說明一下吧。

Source: A Study in Scarlet by Sherlock Holmes

The obvious place for this new endeavour to start was with the ears of cereal crops.

這項新的嘗試顯然要從穀物的“耳朵”開始。

Source: The Economist - Technology

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