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

• 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。
• I had encouraged my husband, and endeavoured to support his spirits under his trouble.
  我曾经劝过我丈夫，当他在困难之中我曾极力鼓励过他的勇气。
• We have endeavoured to make the vehicle environmentally friendly.
  我们尽力使车辆不污染环境。
• The papal captain have vainly endeavoured to induce his wife to remain behind him.
  教廷的队长曾白费力气地试图说服妻子留下不去。
• 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 had endeavoured to procure them some assistance with their luggage.
  他尽力帮他们找人搬些行李。
• They endeavoured to erect the territory into an amusement park
  他们努力将这一地区建成了游乐
• She wished that she had not fallen in so readily with her mother's plans for'claiming kin ', and had endeavoured to gain assistance nearer home.
  她心里真希望她没有那样轻易就接受了母亲的“认亲”计划，而想法在自己的家门口找到了帮助。
• 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。
• 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。