1.努力,尽力
1.尽力,竭力,努力,力图 (to do)
1.“endeavor”的变体
1.The variant of endeavor
1.In her impatience she endeavoured to pass this obstacle by pushing her horse into what appeared to be a gap.
她在一旁等得不耐烦，于是就朝着牛群中的空隙策马前进，打算越过这群障碍。
2.I saw the water ooze in at several crannies , although the leaks were not considerable, and I endeavoured to stop them as well as I could.
我看到我的房子有几处缝隙已经开始渗水，虽然漏不很大，但我还是尽全力将漏堵住。
3.In a statement, Debenhams said it had endeavoured to minimise job losses by integrating the Jervis Street and Henry Street stores.
在声明中Debenhams说，他们通过将Jervis街和亨利街商店进行整合，已经设法把失业降到最低限度。
4.Television executives have long endeavoured to create "water-cooler" shows which people will talk about at work the next day.
电视主管长期致力于“水冷器”一般的节目，让人们在第二天的工作中继续谈论。
5.Such were the thoughts with which Jeanie endeavoured to console her anxiety respecting her sister's future fortune .
珍妮力求用这样的方法来平息对她妹妹前途的焦虑。
6.He neither remonstrated with, nor endeavoured to escape from him, but toiling night and day to accomplish the terms of his task-master.
他既不反抗，也不想逃避他，而是日夜辛苦，以满足监工的要求。
7.Morton endeavoured to fortify the minds of the common people by pointing out the probable Exaggeration of these reports.
莫顿极力设法坚定一般人民的信心，他指出这些报告很可能是虚张声势。
8.Boileau has endeavoured to inculcate the same notion in several parts of his writings, both in prose and verse.
波瓦洛竭力在他的散文和韵文的作品里的某些部分反复灌输相同的概念。
9.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。
10.In an artIcle I endeavoured, about a year ago, to depIct some very remarkable features In the mental character of my frIend.
一年前光景，我在一篇文章里，尽力描写我朋友智力上一些非常惊人的特点。