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

• 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。
• She endeavoured to stir, but it was useless.
  她竭力想挪动一下，但是没有用。
• I have endeavoured to give in their briefest outline the reasons for my disaffection.
  我已经尽力简短地说明了我产生不满情绪的原因。
• My mother was in hysterics, and though I endeavoured to give her every assistance in my power, I am afraid I did not do so much as I might have done!
  妈那种歇斯底里的毛病又发作了，我虽然尽了我的力量去劝慰她，恐怕还是不有够周到的地方。
• 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。
• 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。
• Walter, in the emotion of holding in his hand the means of releasing his good Uncle from his trouble, would have endeavoured to express something of his gratitude and joy.
  沃尔特手里拿着把他的善良的舅舅从灾难中解救出来的手段，心中无比激动，本想尽力说些表示感激与喜悦的话。
• China has long been endeavoured to boost consumption to ensure a sustainable economic development.
  中国一直致力于通过刺激消费保持经济的持续发展。
• Like his contemporaries in the Southwest, Zhang Xiaogang in this period endeavoured to establish a new aesthetic standard and style, to explore the spirit of his era.
  这个时期，张晓刚与其他西南艺术家一样，致力于创造崭新的审美观和美感形式，探寻时代精神。
• 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。