endeavoured

英 [ɪnˈdevəd]

美 [ɪnˈdevərd]

v.  努力; 尽力; 竭力
endeavour的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 endeavor


• VERB 努力;尽力
  If youendeavour todo something, you try very hard to do it.
  1. I will endeavour to arrange it...
     我会尽力安排。
  2. They are endeavouring to protect trade union rights.
     他们在竭力捍卫工会的权利。
• N-VAR (尤指新的或创造性事物的)努力，尝试
  Anendeavouris an attempt to do something, especially something new or original.
  1. His first endeavours in the field were wedding films.
     他初涉这个领域时做的是婚礼摄影。
  2. ...the benefits of investment in scientific endeavour.
     在科学领域投资的收益

双语例句

• She endeavoured to stir, but it was useless.
  她竭力想挪动一下，但是没有用。
• He endeavoured to adopt a positive but realistic attitude.
  他力求采取一种积极而又现实的态度。
• He had endeavoured to procure them some assistance with their luggage.
  他尽力帮他们找人搬些行李。
• I thought her conduct must be prompted by a species of dreary fun; and, now that we were alone, I endeavoured to interest her in my distress.
  我想她的行为一定是由于无聊闹着玩玩的。现在只有我们俩了，我想对她诉诉苦。
• Mr. Slope had endeavoured to strengthen his cause by calling Mr. Arabin an owl.
  斯洛普先生试图加强他的理由，称阿拉宾先生为一只猫头鹰。
• Like America, we haven't just practised free trade, we have endeavoured to promote it in the WTO and in APEC.
  像美国一样，我们不单单奉行自由贸易经济，我们锐意在世贸组织和亚太经合组织推广这个理念。
• Hearing this news, he endeavoured to control his emotions.
  听到这个消息，他竭力控制住自己的感情。
• He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these states;
  他竭力抑制各州的人口增长；
• Jude, beginning to feel lonely, endeavoured to keep up with him.
  裘德因为那时开始觉得孤寂，所以就拼命地跟着那个人走。
• What they wanted however of the sublime they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole;
  他们努力通过夸张得手法填补他们所缺乏的崇高性；