Severe exertion, physical or mental, made for a definite end. 奋力；努力。 Something produced by such exertion, as a literary produced. 努力成果；作品(如文学作品)。 Effort stresses the power or strength, physical or mental, put forth. Efforts 强调所用之体力或智力： By violent efforts he gained the shore. 他奋力拼命才游到岸上。 Attempt emphasizes the idea of trying to accomplish a definite end, and admits the possibility of failure. Attempt 着重奋勉以达目的之意，但含有失败之可能： the attempt to fly across the sea 飞渡海洋之努力。 An endeavor is a continued or successive series of efforts or attempts directed steadily toward a general aim. Endeavor 指努力奋勉，用继续不断之 efforts 或 attempts 以赴目的： constant endeavor to do good 不断努力行善。 adj. effortful. adv. effortfully. |