endeavouring

英 [ɪnˈdevərɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈdevərɪŋ]

v.  努力; 尽力; 竭力
endeavour的现在分词

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

• Rendered too certain of her sister's misfortune, Jeanie had now the dreadful alternative of communicating her ruin to her father, or of endeavouring to conceal it from him.
  珍妮现在明知妹妹遭到不幸，怎么也拿不定主意：是把妹妹不幸的遭遇告诉父亲，还是设法把事情隐瞒过去。
• By endeavouring to reduce both short-term and long-term rates, the Fed has helped flatten the yield curve, restricting banks 'ability to make money by borrowing short-term – such as by taking deposits from individuals – and lending long.
  美联储努力同时降低短期和长期利率，从而拉平了收益率曲线，限制了银行借短（例如从个人手中吸收存款）贷长的能力。
• Engineers are therefore endeavouring to redesign transistors yet again, so that Dr Moore's prediction can remain true a little longer.
  因此电子工程师们必须重新设计晶体管，这样也许能使摩尔定律不那么快失效。
• "Merely to the illustration of your character," said she, endeavouring to shake off her gravity." I am trying to make it out. "
  她竭力装出若无其事的神气说：“只不过为了要解释解释你的性格罢了，我想要把你的性格弄个明白。”
• Mr Yau is endeavouring to make money, while helping his ancestral country develop.
  Yau先生在努力赚钱，同时帮助他的祖国发展。
• It's only a week till the elections, so the candidates are endeavouring to whip up some support.
  距选举只有一周了，因此竞选者正在努力激起一些人的支持。
• You are endeavouring to disarm me by reason, and to convince me against my will.
  你是在设法说服我，让我违心地接受你的看法。
• It struck me soon, however, there would be more sense in endeavouring to repair some of his wrongs than shedding tears over them: I got up and walked into the court to seek him.
  然而，很快我就明白过来，与其为他们流泪，不如帮他改掉一些坏毛病。我站起身来，到院子里去找希斯克利夫。
• Mr Martin is one of a vanguard of senior teachers endeavouring with support from Michael Gove, the education secretary to put discipline at the heart of teaching.
  马丁是高级教师中致力于将纪律性的培养置于教学中心地位的先锋，并得到了教育部长迈克尔·戈夫的支持。
• No, I thank you; she replied, endeavouring to recover herself.
  她竭力保持镇静，回答他道：不要，谢谢你。