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

单词	effort
释义	ef·fort \ˈefə(r)]t also -ˌfȯr] or -ˌfȯ(ə)] sometimes -ˌfōr] or -ˌfōə]; usu ]d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French, from Old French esfort, esforz, from Old French esforcier to force (as in s'esforcier to exert oneself) — more at efforce 1. a. : conscious exertion of physical or mental power < the constant effort of the dreamer to attain his ideal — Henry Adams > < the church was built through community effort > < the speech of the Southerner appears to ignore effort in its slow, carelessly articulated syllables — American Guide Series: North Carolina > b. : expenditure of energy toward a particular end : forceful attempt < his clumsy efforts at certain rural tasks — A.C.Cole > < made one last effort to obtain Negro suffrage in the South — Carol L. Thompson > < the company's efforts to improve working conditions > c. : hard work < an A for effort > < the work is highly skillful … one feels, what was absent from the previous work, a distinct sense of effort — F.J.Mather > 2. : the product or result of expenditure of energy — used especially of a literary or artistic creation < their magnificent churches being justly ranked among the most wonderful efforts of the human hand — H.T.Buckle > < one of his television efforts — J.P.Shanley > 3. a. : active or effective force < muscular effort > b. : the force applied to a simple machine (as a lever) as distinguished from the force exerted by it against the load 4. : the total energy expended and work done to achieve a particular purpose or result : undertaking < the war effort > < an unsuccessful rescue effort > Synonyms: effort, exertion, pains, and trouble can signify in common the active expenditure of physical or mental power in producing or attempting to produce a desired result. effort implies conscious attempt or a toiling or straining to achieve < to divorce the worker's income from any dependence on the efforts he makes — Time > < modern science, with infinite effort, has discovered and announced that man is a bewildering complex of energies — Henry Adams > < made an effort to increase his income > exertion stresses the active, often vigorous, exercise of a power or faculty < his work was done with remarkable grace, but with exertions which it was painful to witness — Margaret Deland > < prodigious exertions were made to bring in the cargoes and to protect the ships — Sir Winston Churchill > < by a violent exertion of his powers of self-command he reassumed his tranquillity — Elinor Wylie > pains implies toilsome or solicitous effort < taken unusual pains to inform himself beforehand concerning the subject matter of the conference — Vera M. Dean > < exercising great pains to improve one's speech > trouble implies exertion that inconveniences < a lazy man's expedient for ridding himself of the trouble of thinking and deciding — B.N.Cardozo > < no need to go to all the trouble of pushing through a constitutional amendment — Zechariah Chafee > < for the trouble of looking, … you will acquire the warm and palpitating facts of life — R.L.Stevenson >
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