endeavouring

英 [ɪnˈdevərɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈdevərɪŋ]

v.  努力; 尽力; 竭力
endeavour的现在分词

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

• No, I thank you; she replied, endeavouring to recover herself.
  她竭力保持镇静，回答他道：不要，谢谢你。
• And so she ran on, till I dropped endeavouring to convince her of her mistake.
  她就这样滔滔不绝地说着，到后来我只好放弃了使她觉悟到她的错误的努力。
• Well, you will have opportunities enough of endeavouring to recommend yourself, for we are a great deal together.
  好了，你有的是机会讨她的欢心了，因为我们经常在一起。
• Both the central government and the localities are endeavouring to provide enterprises with a Better external environment
  中央和地方政府都在致力于为企业创造一个更加良好的外部环境
• Before this world-old proposition we stand, serious, interested, confused; endeavouring to evolve the true theory of morals& the true answer to what is right.
  我们面对着这个古老的问题认真思索，既感兴趣又觉困惑，努力想找出道德的真谛，寻求正确行为的真正答案。
• There is no doubt that the Japanese imperialists and the pro-Japanese group are still endeavouring to prolong civil war in China.
  没有问题，日本帝国主义和亲日派还在企图使中国继续内战。
• Catherine frowned, and retreated to the window-seat chewing her lip, and endeavouring, by humming an eccentric tune, to conceal a growing tendency to sob.
  凯瑟琳皱眉了，退到窗前的座位上，咬着她的嘴唇，试着哼起怪调儿来掩盖越来越想哭的趋势。
• Engineers are therefore endeavouring to redesign transistors yet again, so that Dr Moore's prediction can remain true a little longer.
  因此电子工程师们必须重新设计晶体管，这样也许能使摩尔定律不那么快失效。
• You are endeavouring to disarm me by reason, and to convince me against my will.
  你是在设法说服我，让我违心地接受你的看法。
• It's only a week till the elections, so the candidates are endeavouring to whip up some support.
  距选举只有一周了，因此竞选者正在努力激起一些人的支持。