strove

英 [strəʊv]

美 [stroʊv]

v.  努力; 奋斗; 力争; 力求
strive的过去式

柯林斯词典

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  Stroveis a past tense ofstrive.

双语例句

• His nature was purely sensuous, and she strove to make him moral, religious.
  他的天性完全是要感官上的享受，她却硬要他讲道德信宗教。
• I strove with none, for none was worth my strife.
  我不和人争斗，因为没有人值得我争斗。
• Chanel strove for originality and was destined to revolutionize women's fashion and liberate it from its restrictions.
  香奈儿力求创新，因此她注定要在当时的女性时尚界掀起一场革命，把女性从服装的限制中解放出来。
• We strove to convince one another that our decisions stemmed from ourselves and ourselves alone.
  我们努力使彼此都相信我们的决定是我们自己做出来的。
• We know now, the natural antipathy you strove against, and conquered, for her dear sake.
  现在我才明白了你为她的缘故跟发自天性的憎恶作了多少年斗争，并且克服了它。
• Lady Thatcher was the only British prime minister to leave behind a set of ideas about the role of the state which other leaders and nations strove to copy and apply.
  作为英国首相，撒切尔夫人还留下了很多关于国家角色的观点，让后来的英国领导者和其他国家都纷纷效仿和实践。
• I strove to tell you only that which would inspire you.
  我尽量只告诉对你有启发的事情。
• The tip of one finger touched it; she strove no more for the rest!
  一只指尖碰到它了，她不用再剩馀的奋斗了！
• I strove to have her as my bride for I had fallen in love with her beauty.
  我爱慕智慧，自幼就寻求她，设法娶她作我的配偶：我实在喜爱她的美丽。
• They halted for a minute, during which he strove to collect his thoughts.
  他们停了一下，乘这个时候也竭力使自己集中一下思想。