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

• They endeavoured to legitimise that approach by invoking the concept of "substantial equivalence".
  它们试图通过运用“实质等同”（substantialequivalence）的概念将该方法合法化。
• Whilst we have endeavoured to ensure the accuracy of this general information, no statement, representation, warranty or guarantee, express or implied, is given as to its accuracy or appropriateness for use in any particular circumstances.
  本网站虽已尽力确保该等资料的准确，但对于该等资料在任何特定情况下使用时的准确性或恰当性，并没有作出任何明示或隐含的陈述、保证或担保。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have endeavoured to make the vehicle environmentally friendly.
  我们尽力使车辆不污染环境。
• 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。
• I have endeavoured to defend it from the point of view of the existing population, and I have shown-i hope with some effect-that their prosperity also is intimately bound up with the success of zionism.
  我也曾争取从巴勒斯坦现在的居民的角度来辩护，但愿我的话不无效果。我已经指出，他们的繁荣兴盛也是和犹太复国主义的成功息息相关的。
• They endeavoured to erect the territory into an amusement park
  他们努力将这一地区建成了游乐