endeavour

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++en·deav·our1 British English, endeavor American English /ɪnˈdevə $ -ər/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]  formalTRY TO DO OR GET something to try very hard 努力，奋力endeavour to do something We always endeavor to please our customers. 我们总是竭尽全力让顾客满意。► see thesaurus at try→ See Verb table

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endeavour• They endeavoured, on a number of levels, to make themselves more accountable than previous Labour councils had been.• It is very important that the two partners endeavour to: Agree on discipline.• Joan opened it, endeavouring to appear calm.• Auguste was endeavouring to be both detective and maîtred'hôtel for the matter of tea, torn as usual by twin loves.• Other churches have endeavoured to build effective congregational structures to express both homogeneity and heterogeneity.• The management control process should endeavour to measure whether predetermined goals are being achieved.• We will endeavour to sell your items for you.endeavour to do something• We will endeavour to arrive in Scheffau before the shops close!• I remained for some time endeavouring to engage Mr Campbell in conversation.• After commencing retraining, the ex POWs, like most soldiers on a home posting, endeavoured to get home at weekends.• They also endeavour to increase the participation of local organizations in educational planning.• We always endeavour to provide our customers with the highest standards of service.• We will endeavour to sell your items for you.• In this care study I have endeavoured to show some aspects of the unique role of the nurse described by Salvage.• It is this cheapness which I am endeavouring to slough off.endeavour2 British English, endeavor American English noun  [countable, uncountable] formalTRY TO DO OR GET something an attempt to do something new or difficult 尝试；努力scientific/creative etc endeavour 科学的/创造性的等尝试 an outstanding example of human endeavor 人类努力进取的突出例证endeavour to do something They made every endeavour to find the two boys. 他们竭尽全力寻找那两个男孩。 Despite our best endeavours, we couldn’t start the car. 我们虽然尽了最大努力，但还是无法发动汽车。

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endeavour• It was no accident that this was a major area of feminist endeavour.• Have you faced his challenges to great endeavour?• Attitudes were formed as much in shared leisure as by individual endeavour.• Yet here is a dark continent on our own doorstep, crying out for missionary endeavour.• They suspected they would gain little from this particular endeavour, but anything that supplemented their income was worthwhile.• She preferred laughter and skylarks to solid endeavour and while she could be noisy she shied away from being the centre of attention.• And they were eventually rewarded for their endeavour and spirit with a cracking goal.• Pride of place in this endeavour was given to systematic and properly grounded empirical investigation.scientific/creative etc endeavour• For them pollution control work is a scientific endeavour.• But the records of this branch of scientific endeavour date back 7000 years.• Any form of scientific endeavour must attempt to transcend its time and place to sustain an independent, doubting stance.Origin endeavour1 (1400-1500) dever “duty” ((13-17 centuries)), from Old French deveir

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en‧deav‧our¹ British English, endeavor American English /ɪnˈdevə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]formal to try very hard
    endeavour to do something
    We always endeavor to please our customers.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ try to take action in order to do something that you may not be able to do: I tried to explain what was wrong. | He tries hard in class, but he’s finding the work difficult.
   ▪ attempt to try to do something, especially something difficult. Attempt is more formal than try and is used especially in written English: Any prisoner who attempts to escape will be shot. | He was attempting to climb one of the world’s highest mountains.
   ▪ do your best to try as hard as you can to do something: We will do our best to help them.
   ▪ make an effort to do something to try to do something, when you find this difficult: It is worth making an effort to master these skills. | She made a big effort to be nice to him.
   ▪ struggle to try very hard to do something that is very difficult, especially for a long time: She’s still struggling to give up smoking. | Many of these families are struggling to survive.
   ▪ strive formal to try very hard to achieve something: The company must constantly strive for greater efficiency.
   ▪ endeavour British English, endeavor American English /ɪnˈdevə $ -ər/ formal to try hard to do something: Each employee shall endeavour to provide customers with the best service possible.
   ▪ have a go/try informal to try to do something, especially when you are not sure that you will succeed: I’m not very good at fixing taps, but I’ll have a go. | Do you want to have another try?
   ▪ see if you can do something spoken to try to do something – used when offering to do something, or suggesting that someone should do something: I’ll see if I can get you a ticket. | See if you can persuade her to come.

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endeavour² British English, endeavor American English noun
[uncountable and countable] formal an attempt to do something new or difficult
    scientific/creative etc endeavour
    an outstanding example of human endeavor
    endeavour to do something
    They made every endeavour to find the two boys.
    Despite our best endeavours, we couldn’t start the car.