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

• 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。
• 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。
• From 1978 to the first half of 1980, the major work of SHANGHAI LAW SOCIETY was restoring its organization and endeavouring to increase academic.
  自恢复活动后至1980年上半年，上海市法学会的工作主要是恢复和健全组织，初步开展学术活动。
• There is no doubt that the Japanese imperialists and the pro-Japanese group are still endeavouring to prolong civil war in China.
  没有问题，日本帝国主义和亲日派还在企图使中国继续内战。
• "Very agreeable indeed," she replied, vainly endeavouring to hide a great yawn.
  “的确很愉快，”莫兰小姐答道，尽管想憋住，但还是打了个大呵欠。
• All the while Hurstwood was endeavouring to formulate his plea in such a way that it would strike home and bring her into sympathy with him.
  赫斯渥则一直在煞费苦心地求情，想使她受到感动而同情他。
• 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。
• Both the central government and the localities are endeavouring to provide enterprises with a Better external environment
  中央和地方政府都在致力于为企业创造一个更加良好的外部环境
• The back of the settle and Earnshaw's person interposed between me and him: so instead of endeavouring to reach me, he snatched a dinner knife from the table and flung it at my head.
  高背椅子的椅背和恩萧本人把我和他隔开了；因此他也不想走到我面前：只从桌上抓把餐刀往我头上猛掷过来。