英语词汇“effort”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

effort

/ˈɛfət

noun

1A vigorous or determined attempt: in an effort to reduce inflation, the government increased interest rates...

Clean Calgary and the City of Calgary are teaming up again in an effort to reduce the amount of garbage being generated locally.
Mr Fuller added that the school has made sacrifices in expenditure and eight staff have taken promotions with no pay rise in an effort to reduce costs.
The warning has been made by the Royal Life Saving Society in an effort to reduce the number of drowning-deaths.

Synonyms

attempt, try, endeavour

informal crack, go, shot, stab, bash, whack

formal essay

archaic assay

try, attempt, endeavour, strive, seek, exert oneself, do one's best, labour, work, toil, struggle, apply oneself;

undertake, aim, set out, take it on oneself

informal have a go/shot/crack/stab/bash

Australian/New Zealand informal give it a burl, give it a fly

formal essay

archaic assay

1.1The result of an attempt: he was a keen gardener, winning many prizes for his efforts...

She had a fish theme to her headwear and secured a special prize for her efforts.
She will pocket all the prize money his efforts bring in over the next year.
Graham and the team have now been presented with a wooden spoon booby prize for their efforts.

Synonyms

achievement, accomplishment, performance, attainment, result, feat, deed, exploit, undertaking, enterprise;

work, handiwork, creation, production, opus;

triumph, success, positive result, coup, master stroke, stroke of genius

1.2 [mass noun] Strenuous physical or mental exertion: achieving independence requires some effort and self-discipline...

He put huge physical and mental effort into achieving this goal, chasing his dream from his native Austria to London and on to California.
In the meantime I don't really feel much like blogging - it just requires too much mental effort at the moment.
Using a bicycle or walking is definitely an alternative, but both require physical effort.

Synonyms

exertion, force, power, energy, work, muscle, application, labour, the sweat of one's brow, striving, endeavour, toil, struggle, slog, strain, stress, trouble, bother

informal sweat, elbow grease

British informal graft

Australian/New Zealand informal (hard) yakka

archaic travail, moil

1.3 [with modifier] The activities of a group of people with a common purpose: the war effort...

War complicated the relief effort, but was not the primary problem.
About 40 industry members have been recruited to work on the war effort.
They have begun to take key towns and cities and captured a critical port so that the humanitarian relief effort is already under way.

2 technical A force exerted by a machine or in a process.The tractive effort of the machine seems weak, especially in this deep snow that we have now....

The speed reached by such a body depends on the ratio of the effort exerted to the resistance offered.
The mechanical advantage, which we shall call simply the advantage, is the ratio of the load to the effort.

Phrases

make an effort

make every (or spare no) effort

with effort

Derivatives

effortful

adjective ...

Shopping for cars turns out to be even less interesting and more effortful than shopping for shoes.
It is a commonly reported experience that improvement in golf, as in any highly skilled behavior, requires extensive and effortful practice with feedback.
Yoga practice is not necessarily relaxing; it trains us to be centered, awake, confident and flexible within effortful situations.

effortfully

adverb ...

And try as they might, the cast don't breathe life into the play's effortfully rhyming lyrics and his clunky dialogue.
A frail, impossibly iconic 24-year-old, he is self - effacing and enigmatic to the point where you begin to suspect an effortfully concealed self-regard.
The acting in all this is earnestly, effortfully bland.

Origin

Late 15th century: from French, from Old French esforcier, based on Latin ex- 'out' + fortis 'strong'.

单词	effort
释义	effort /ˈɛfət / noun 1A vigorous or determined attempt: in an effort to reduce inflation, the government increased interest rates... Clean Calgary and the City of Calgary are teaming up again in an effort to reduce the amount of garbage being generated locally. Mr Fuller added that the school has made sacrifices in expenditure and eight staff have taken promotions with no pay rise in an effort to reduce costs. The warning has been made by the Royal Life Saving Society in an effort to reduce the number of drowning-deaths. Synonyms attempt, try, endeavour informal crack, go, shot, stab, bash, whack formal essay archaic assay try, attempt, endeavour, strive, seek, exert oneself, do one's best, labour, work, toil, struggle, apply oneself; undertake, aim, set out, take it on oneself informal have a go/shot/crack/stab/bash Australian/New Zealand informal give it a burl, give it a fly formal essay archaic assay 1.1The result of an attempt: he was a keen gardener, winning many prizes for his efforts... She had a fish theme to her headwear and secured a special prize for her efforts. She will pocket all the prize money his efforts bring in over the next year. Graham and the team have now been presented with a wooden spoon booby prize for their efforts. Synonyms achievement, accomplishment, performance, attainment, result, feat, deed, exploit, undertaking, enterprise; work, handiwork, creation, production, opus; triumph, success, positive result, coup, master stroke, stroke of genius 1.2 [mass noun] Strenuous physical or mental exertion: achieving independence requires some effort and self-discipline... He put huge physical and mental effort into achieving this goal, chasing his dream from his native Austria to London and on to California. In the meantime I don't really feel much like blogging - it just requires too much mental effort at the moment. Using a bicycle or walking is definitely an alternative, but both require physical effort. Synonyms exertion, force, power, energy, work, muscle, application, labour, the sweat of one's brow, striving, endeavour, toil, struggle, slog, strain, stress, trouble, bother informal sweat, elbow grease British informal graft Australian/New Zealand informal (hard) yakka archaic travail, moil 1.3 [with modifier] The activities of a group of people with a common purpose: the war effort... War complicated the relief effort, but was not the primary problem. About 40 industry members have been recruited to work on the war effort. They have begun to take key towns and cities and captured a critical port so that the humanitarian relief effort is already under way. 2 technical A force exerted by a machine or in a process.The tractive effort of the machine seems weak, especially in this deep snow that we have now.... The speed reached by such a body depends on the ratio of the effort exerted to the resistance offered. The mechanical advantage, which we shall call simply the advantage, is the ratio of the load to the effort. Phrases make an effort make every (or spare no) effort with effort Derivatives effortful adjective ... Shopping for cars turns out to be even less interesting and more effortful than shopping for shoes. It is a commonly reported experience that improvement in golf, as in any highly skilled behavior, requires extensive and effortful practice with feedback. Yoga practice is not necessarily relaxing; it trains us to be centered, awake, confident and flexible within effortful situations. effortfully adverb ... And try as they might, the cast don't breathe life into the play's effortfully rhyming lyrics and his clunky dialogue. A frail, impossibly iconic 24-year-old, he is self - effacing and enigmatic to the point where you begin to suspect an effortfully concealed self-regard. The acting in all this is earnestly, effortfully bland. Origin Late 15th century: from French, from Old French esforcier, based on Latin ex- 'out' + fortis 'strong'.
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