Endeavour
[ in'devə ]
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n. 尽力，竭力;
vi.&vt. 努力，竭力;
💡 词根助记
en(in,使成为)+deavour(duty)→努力；竭力
📝 例句
It was a needless endeavour.
这一努力其实是没有必要的。
We must always endeavour to improve our work.
我们总要努力改进自己的工作。
It is often an ungainly, comic endeavour.
那往往是一种笨拙可笑的尝试。
She told him she would endeavour to procure it for him.
她对他说她将努力去替他找回。
We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher.
我们力图避免那种有关喷油井的陈旧的、不切实际的计划。
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
endeavour
(US endeavor), n (fml 文) attempt or effort 努力; 尽力
Please make every endeavour to arrive punctually. 请尽量准时到达. endeavour, v [It]
(fml 文) try 努力; 尽力; 力图
They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain. 他们尽量使她快乐, 却徒劳无功.
🔁 扩展释义
n. 努力, 力图, 尽力vi. 努力, 力图, 尽力相关词组: make every endeavour
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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Excuse me, please. Where's the nearest men's room?
劳驾，离这儿最近的男厕所在哪儿？
That may be true, but you sold me a blouse that I can't use any more.
也许真是这样，但这是你卖给我的，现在不能穿了啊。
I'd prefer them not to play too loudly at the beginning.
我比较喜欢开始时的演奏不要太吵