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单词 endeavour
释义
endeavour
verb[I+ to infinitive]
UK(USendeavor)
uk
/enˈdev.ər/us
/enˈdev.ɚ/
C1
totryto do something:
努力；奋力
Engineers are endeavouringtolocatethesourceof theproblem.工程师们正竭尽全力查找问题的根源。
Synonyms
attempt
strive
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to try to do something
  • tryI'll try to call her again.
  • attemptI have never attempted to run a marathon.
  • endeavourUKEngineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem.
  • seekThey sought to reassure the public.
  • battleHe was battling to fix the roof in the rain.
  • striveWith limited resources, they are striving to make the school a better one.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Trying and making an effort
  • A game
  • all-out
  • assault
  • attempt
  • attempted
  • bid
  • commitment
  • crack
  • go for itidiom
  • go forsomeone
  • go out ofyourwayidiom
  • go the extra mileidiom
  • go to great lengthsidiom
  • nose
  • seek
  • square the circleidiom
  • step on the gasidiom
  • stick atsomething
  • stick tosomething
  • strain after/for effectidiom
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endeavour
noun[CorU]
UK(USendeavor)
uk
/enˈdev.ər/us
/enˈdev.ɚ/
C1
anattemptto do something:
尝试；努力
Inspiteofourbestendeavours, it hasprovenimpossibletocontacther.尽管我们尽了最大的努力，但最后还是未能联系上她。
Crossing theNorthPoleonfootwas anamazingfeatofhumanendeavour.徒步穿越北极是人类探索领域的一次壮举。
artisticendeavour对艺术的探索
Synonym
attempt(ACT OF TRYING)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Trying and making an effort
  • A game
  • all-out
  • assault
  • attempt
  • attempted
  • bid
  • commitment
  • crack
  • go for itidiom
  • go forsomeone
  • go out ofyourwayidiom
  • go the extra mileidiom
  • go to great lengthsidiom
  • nose
  • seek
  • square the circleidiom
  • step on the gasidiom
  • stick atsomething
  • stick tosomething
  • strain after/for effectidiom
See more results »
(Definition ofendeavourfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofendeavour

endeavour
They see the contemporary selling of antiageing ' therapies ' as part of that tradition, not as genuine scientificendeavour.
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Is it the 'management sodden culture' that flattens allendeavourinto a tediously predictable series of 'outcomes'?
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It has generated dozens of books and thousands of pages thatendeavourto capture its essence and legacy.
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These changes and control of space echoed the stateendeavourto create anew the social imaginary that symbolized a more "civilized" future with economic success.
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Arts educators have repeatedly argued for the intrinsic value of artisticendeavour.
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Its editors willendeavourto ensure that all articles are appropriate for a readership which includes both engineers and musicians.
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And just who had assisted the master-architect in his endeavours?
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Such confidence- and esteem-building through focusing consistently on the positives of studentendeavourare crucial to motivation and subsequent curricular success.
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His is an ambitious interdisciplinaryendeavourwhich seeks to bring together the insights of evolutionary biology, ethics, theology, and the social scientific study of religions.
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It is an ambitious combination endeavouring to reveal both the objective and subjective contexts of construction in a manner accessible to practitioners, teachers, and students.
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For older freelancers, then, the occupation was found to be an increasingly strenuous and compromisedendeavour, and it was undertaken for ever-diminishing returns.
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In the third level, the co-ordinator and the facilitators validated the results by endeavouring to capture the momentum of the workshops in the final report.
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These endeavours suggest both consistency and change in the company's strategies.
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This paper endeavours to review critically research on bi- and multilingualism.
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Anendeavourwas made to rear both types under crowded and uncrowded conditions.
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Collocationswithendeavour

endeavour

These are words often used in combination withendeavour.

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artistic endeavour
Arts educators have repeatedly argued for the intrinsic value of artistic endeavour.
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commercial endeavour
As in any commercial endeavour, the demands of the marketplace are likely to provide the most effective form of encouragement.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
constant endeavour
A constant endeavour is made to use all these resources to the best advantage.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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