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

• In an artIcle I endeavoured, about a year ago, to depIct some very remarkable features In the mental character of my frIend.
  一年前光景，我在一篇文章里，尽力描写我朋友智力上一些非常惊人的特点。
• The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavoured to do away with the pagan element in these feasts by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens.
  牧人的早期基督教教堂在罗马力图摆脱与异教的因素，这些节日即以姓名圣人对于那些少女。
• I have endeavoured to defend it from the point of view of the existing population, and I have shown-i hope with some effect-that their prosperity also is intimately bound up with the success of zionism.
  我也曾争取从巴勒斯坦现在的居民的角度来辩护，但愿我的话不无效果。我已经指出，他们的繁荣兴盛也是和犹太复国主义的成功息息相关的。
• I endeavoured to stop her thoughtless tongue. Don't prattle with this woman, he cautioned himself.
  我想止住她那毫不思索的饶舌。跟女的少那么饶舌，他训了自己一句。
• They endeavoured to present the mixed economy us an ideal.
  他们力图把多体制混合经济说成是一种理想的经济。
• 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。
• They endeavoured to legitimise that approach by invoking the concept of "substantial equivalence".
  它们试图通过运用“实质等同”（substantialequivalence）的概念将该方法合法化。
• 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。
• Like America, we haven't just practised free trade, we have endeavoured to promote it in the WTO and in APEC.
  像美国一样，我们不单单奉行自由贸易经济，我们锐意在世贸组织和亚太经合组织推广这个理念。
• He endeavoured to adopt a positive but realistic attitude.
  他力求采取一种积极而又现实的态度。