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

• The papal captain have vainly endeavoured to induce his wife to remain behind him.
  教廷的队长曾白费力气地试图说服妻子留下不去。
• Although he failed in the exam, he was not so sad because he had endeavoured.
  虽然他考试没及格，但他并不太伤心，因为他已尽力了。
• She wished that she had not fallen in so readily with her mother's plans for'claiming kin ', and had endeavoured to gain assistance nearer home.
  她心里真希望她没有那样轻易就接受了母亲的“认亲”计划，而想法在自己的家门口找到了帮助。
• I resolved to silence it, if possible; I endeavoured to unhasp the casement, but the hook was soldered into the staple.
  我决定把这声音止住，如果可能的话。我试着去打开那窗子，但窗钩给焊在钩环里了。
• I had encouraged my husband, and endeavoured to support his spirits under his trouble.
  我曾经劝过我丈夫，当他在困难之中我曾极力鼓励过他的勇气。
• 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。
• They endeavoured to erect the territory into an amusement park
  他们努力将这一地区建成了游乐
• Whilst we have endeavoured to ensure the accuracy of this general information, no statement, representation, warranty or guarantee, express or implied, is given as to its accuracy or appropriateness for use in any particular circumstances.
  本网站虽已尽力确保该等资料的准确，但对于该等资料在任何特定情况下使用时的准确性或恰当性，并没有作出任何明示或隐含的陈述、保证或担保。
• 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。
• 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。