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effort 音标拼音: ['ɛfɚt] n. 努力,艰难的尝试 努力,艰难的尝试 effort 工作; 研究计划 effort 工作量 effort n 1: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" [synonym: {attempt}, {effort}, {endeavor}, {endeavour}, {try}] 2: use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" [synonym: {effort}, {elbow grease}, {exertion}, {travail}, {sweat}] 3: a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort" [synonym: {feat}, {effort}, {exploit}] 4: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [synonym: {campaign}, {cause}, {crusade}, {drive}, {movement}, {effort}] Effort \Ef"fort\, n. [F. effort, OF. esfort, for esfors, esforz, fr. esforcier. See {Efforce}.] 1. An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall. [1913 Webster] We prize the stronger effort of his power. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mech.) A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion. --Rankine. Syn: Endeavor; exertion; struggle; strain; straining; attempt; trial; essay. See {Attempt}. [1913 Webster] Effort \Ef"fort\, v. t. To stimulate. [Obs.] "He efforted his spirits." --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 137 Moby Thesaurus words for "effort": accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, ad hoc measure, adventure, affair, answer, application, approach, artifice, assay, attainment, attempt, bid, blow, business, chore, commitment, contract, contrivance, countermove, coup, course of action, crack, creation, deal, dealings, deed, demarche, determination, device, dodge, doing, doings, elbow grease, endeavor, energy, engagement, enterprise, essay, exertion, expedient, experiment, exploit, fait accompli, feat, fling, force, gambit, gest, gimmick, go, hand, handiwork, hard pull, improvisation, job, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, labor, last expedient, last resort, last shift, lick, long pull, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, might, might and main, move, muscle, nerve and sinew, obligation, offer, operation, overt act, pains, passage, performance, pis aller, plan, power, proceeding, production, program, project, proposition, puissance, res gestae, resolution, resort, resource, shake-up, shift, shot, solution, stab, step, stopgap, strain, stratagem, striving, stroke, stroke of policy, strong bid, struggle, stunt, tactic, task, temporary expedient, tentative, thing, thing done, toil, tour de force, transaction, travail, trial, trial and error, trick, trouble, trump, try, turn, undertaking, venture, whack, while, work, working hypothesis, working proposition, works
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