单词只背一遍0044｜雅思核心单词endeavour

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此时不背，更待何时

英 [ɪn'devə]  美 [ɪnˈdevər]

v. 努力，尽力

n. 努力，尝试；事业

[ 复数 endeavours 过去式 endeavoured 过去分词 endeavoured 现在分词 endeavouring 第三人称单数 endeavours ]

1. V-T If you endeavour to do something, you try very hard to do it. 努力 [正式]

例：

They are endeavouring to protect trade union rights.

他们正在努力保护工会权利。

2. N-VAR An endeavour is an attempt to do something, especially something new or original. 尝试 [正式]

例：

The company's creative endeavours are thriving.

该公司的创新尝试蓬勃兴旺。

【中文词源】：

endeavour: [14] Despite its plausible appearance, endeavour is not a borrowing from French or Latin but a purely English creation. It was coined from the Middle English phrase put in dever, which was a partial translation of Old French mettre en deveir, literally ‘put in duty’, hence ‘make it one’s duty to do something’ (deveir, ancestor of modern French devoir ‘duty’, came ultimately from Latin dēbēre ‘owe’, source of English debit and debt). In the 14th century the last two words were joined together to form the verb endeavour ‘make an effort’.

=> debit, debt

【英语词源】：

chiefly British English spelling of endeavor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or. Related: Endeavoured; endeavoring; endeavours. The U.S. space shuttle was spelled this way because it was named for the HMS Endeavour, Capt. Cook's ship.

vi. 竭力；企图

strain every nerve , attempt at

endeavour for 尽力