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

• Although he failed in the exam, he was not so sad because he had endeavoured.
  虽然他考试没及格，但他并不太伤心，因为他已尽力了。
• 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。
• The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavoured to do away with the pagan element in these feasts by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens.
  牧人的早期基督教教堂在罗马力图摆脱与异教的因素，这些节日即以姓名圣人对于那些少女。
• 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。
• 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 thought her conduct must be prompted by a species of dreary fun; and, now that we were alone, I endeavoured to interest her in my distress.
  我想她的行为一定是由于无聊闹着玩玩的。现在只有我们俩了，我想对她诉诉苦。
• 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 his contemporaries in the Southwest, Zhang Xiaogang in this period endeavoured to establish a new aesthetic standard and style, to explore the spirit of his era.
  这个时期，张晓刚与其他西南艺术家一样，致力于创造崭新的审美观和美感形式，探寻时代精神。
• They endeavoured to erect the territory into an amusement park
  他们努力将这一地区建成了游乐
• We have endeavoured to make the vehicle environmentally friendly.
  我们尽力使车辆不污染环境。