exertion
noun
uk/ɪɡˈzɜː.ʃən/us/ɪɡˈzɝː.ʃən/exertionnoun(EFFORT)
[CorU]
the use of a lot ofmentalorphysicaleffort:
尽力;努力;费力I get out ofbreathwith anykindofphysicalexertion.我一干点体力活就上气不接下气。
We wereexhaustedafterourexertions.我们用尽全力,最后个个精疲力尽。
Effort and expending energy
- assiduity
- assiduous
- assiduously
- assiduousness
- be running on emptyidiom
- blood
- elbow grease
- fight
- hamster wheel
- hard at itidiom
- heavy lifting
- heroically
- kill
- push
- putsomethingin/putsomethingintosomething
- rearguard action
- set/putyourmind tosomethingidiom
- shot
- slog
- slugger
exertionnoun(USE)
[U]
the use of something such asauthority,power,influence, etc. inorderto make somethinghappen:
运用;行使(权威、权力等);施加(影响等)the exertion ofinfluenceover who wasappointedto thejob对于被授予该职位的人施以影响
Organizations - position & status
- ambassador
- anti-elite
- anti-elitist
- apparatchik
- back seat
- counterpart
- fish
- grassroots
- high-ranking
- honorary
- junior
- lapsed
- opposite number
- rank
- reach
- spokesman
- superboard
- superordinate
- thane
- warranted
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Affecting and influencing