effort

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n. 努力, 成就

发音

UK /ˈɛf.ət/
其它 /ˈɛfɔrt/
US /ˈɛf.ɚt/
AU /ˈef.ət/
NZ /ˈef.ət/

词形变化

efforts 复数 efforts efforted efforting efforts 三单 efforting 现在分词 efforted 过去式 efforted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

努力；成就

an attempt to do something, especially when this involves a lot of hard work or determination

please make an effort to be polite.

请尽量礼貌些。

Church leaders are prepared to meet the terrorists in an effort to (= in order to try to ) find peace.

为寻求和平，教会领袖准备与恐怖分子会面。

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.

  2. 2.

    The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.

    努力

    费力

    make an effort

    take a lot of effort

    put in effort

    It took a lot of effort to find a decent-sized, fully-furnished apartment within walking distance of the office. He made a conscious effort to not appear affected by the stories in the paper.

  3. 3.

    An endeavor.

    Although he didn't win any medals, Johnson's effort at the Olympics won over many fans.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make an effort.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To strengthen, fortify or stimulate

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

try cause drive campaign movement attempt sweat exploit crusade feat

上位词 7

activity labor labour venture achievement accomplishment toil

下位词 10

go best run play part hit shot trouble war pull

相关短语

make an effort 力求 effort distance effort distances effort post effort posts centre of effort making an effort makes an effort made an effort center of effort spare no effort 不遗余力, 尽力 centres of effort centers of effort tractive effort [化] 牵引力

词源

From Middle French effort, from Old French esfort, deverbal of esforcier (“to force, exert”), from Vulgar Latin *exfortiō, from Latin ex + fortis (“strong”). Compare typologically Bulgarian усилие (usilie), Czech úsilí, Polish wysiłek, Russian уси́лие (usílije) (< Proto-Slavic *sila).

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