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

• And so she ran on, till I dropped endeavouring to convince her of her mistake.
  她就这样滔滔不绝地说着，到后来我只好放弃了使她觉悟到她的错误的努力。
• 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。
• 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。
• I have been endeavouring to utterly crack English everyday. I hope I am gonna make it in the coming year.
  我一直在尽全力来彻底攻克英语，我希望可以在明年可以彻底实现。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• They are endeavouring to protect trade union rights.
  他们在竭力捍卫工会的权利。
• Catherine frowned, and retreated to the window-seat chewing her lip, and endeavouring, by humming an eccentric tune, to conceal a growing tendency to sob.
  凯瑟琳皱眉了，退到窗前的座位上，咬着她的嘴唇，试着哼起怪调儿来掩盖越来越想哭的趋势。
• Or, if not, must be endeavouring to make his own way on some character-building plan without help from any one.
  再不然的话，他一定是依照锻炼自己品格的计划独立奋斗，不要任何人帮助。