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

• Norman's efforts to impregnate her failed.
  诺曼想使她怀孕的努力失败了。
• 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。
• He has displayed remarkable courage in his efforts to reform the party.
  在政党改革中，他表现出了非凡的勇气。
• The president also called on nations to redouble their efforts to negotiate an international trade agreement
  总统还呼吁各国就签订国际贸易协定加倍努力进行磋商。
• His efforts were unsuccessful.
  他的努力失败了。
• Our efforts were not in vain.
  我们没有白忙。
• There's been a positive response to the UN Secretary-General's recent peace efforts.
  联合国秘书长近期为和平所作出的努力得到了积极的回应。
• Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.
  你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
• 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。
• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.
  把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。