effort

1. N-VAR If you make an effort to do something, you try very hard to do it. 努力

He made no effort to hide his disappointment. 他不試圖隱瞞自己的失望。

Finding a cure requires considerable time and effort. 找到一種治瘉方法需要相儅的時間和努力。

2. N-UNCOUNT If you say that someone did something with effort or with an effort, you mean it was difficult for them to do. 喫力[書麪] [usu 'with' N, also 'a' N]

She took a deep breath and sat up slowly and with great effort. 她深吸一口氣，慢慢地、喫力地坐了起來。

3. N-COUNT An effort is a particular series of activities that is organized by a group of people in order to achieve something. 有組織的活動

...a famine relief effort in Angola. …一個在安哥拉的飢荒救援活動。

4. N-SING If you say that something is an effort, you mean that an unusual amount of physical or mental energy is needed to do it. 極艱難的事

Even carrying the camcorder while hiking in the forest was an effort. 在森林徒步旅行時，即使背著攝像機也是件極難的事。

5. PHRASE If you make the effort to do something, you do it, even though you need extra energy to do it or you do not really want to. 盡力

I don't get lonely now because I make the effort to see people. 我現在不寂寞了，因爲我盡力與人接觸。