efforts

英 [ˈɛfəts]

美 [ˈɛfərts]

n.  气力; 努力; 费力的事; 艰难的尝试; 试图; 尽力; 有组织的活动
effort的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 努力;气力；精力
  If you make aneffort todo something, you try very hard to do it.
  1. He made no effort to hide his disappointment...
     他毫不掩饰失望之情。
  2. Finding a cure requires considerable time and effort.
     找到治疗的办法需要大量的时间和精力。
  3. ...his efforts to reform Italian research...
     他为改革意大利研究付出的努力
  4. Despite the efforts of the United Nations, the problem of drug traffic continues to grow...
     尽管联合国作了努力，贩毒问题仍变得越来越严重。
  5. But a concerted effort has begun to improve the quality of the urban air.
     但是各方已经开始共同努力改善城镇空气质量。
• N-UNCOUNT 吃力;费力
  If you say that someone did somethingwith effortorwith an effort, you mean it was difficult for them to do.
  1. She took a deep breath and sat up slowly and with great effort...
     她深吸一口气，费力地慢慢坐起身来。
  2. With an effort she contained her irritation.
     她努力强压住了怒火。
• N-COUNT （为达到某一目的的）有组织的行动，一系列活动
  Aneffortis a particular series of activities that is organized by a group of people in order to achieve something.
  1. ...a famine relief effort in Angola.
     在安哥拉进行的饥荒救济行动
• N-SING 费力的事;困难的事;劳神的事
  If you say that something isan effort, you mean that an unusual amount of physical or mental energy is needed to do it.
  1. Even carrying the camcorder while hiking in the forest was an effort.
     在森林中徒步旅行时，即便带的是便携式摄像机也非常费力。
• PHRASE 尽力；尝试；勉为其难
  If youmake the effort todo something, you do it, even though you need extra energy to do it or you do not really want to.
  1. I don't get lonely now because I make the effort to see people.
     我现在不觉得孤独了，因为我尝试着与人交往。
• PHRASE 勇气;决心
  If you do something difficult or painful byan effort of will, you manage to make yourself do it.
  1. It was only by a supreme effort of will and courage that he was able to pull himself together.
     他全凭超凡的决心和勇气才使自己振作起来。
• PHRASE 值得努力去做
  If you say that something isworth the effort, you mean that it will justify the energy that you have spent or will spend on it.
  1. Fortunately, the chore of leaf sweeping is well worth the effort.
     幸运的是，干清扫落叶这个活儿是值得的。

双语例句

• Our efforts were not in vain.
  我们没有白忙。
• He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to Somalia
  他敦促各捐赠方加快速度将援助物资送往索马里。
• Strenuous efforts had been made to improve conditions in the jail
  已经做了大量的努力来改善监狱的条件。
• Diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement resume today after a two-week hiatus
  为寻求解决方案而进行的外交谈判在中断了两周之后于今天重新开始。
• Despite the efforts of the United Nations, the problem of drug traffic continues to grow
  尽管联合国作了努力，贩毒问题仍变得越来越严重。
• His efforts were unsuccessful.
  他的努力失败了。
• Considerable efforts have been made to rehabilitate patients who have suffered in this way.
  为帮助遭受这种病痛折磨的病人康复付出了巨大努力。
• This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line.
  这可能会使将最低工资定得远高于贫困线的努力告吹。
• He urged the United States to persist with its efforts to bring about peace
  他敦促美国继续进行和平斡旋。
• The team's efforts to score were frustrated by the opposing goalkeeper.
  该队想要进球的努力被对方的守门员挫败了。