strive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++strive /straɪv/ ●○○ verb (past tense strove /strəʊv $ stroʊv/, past participle striven /ˈstrɪvən/) [intransitive] formal TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto make a great effort to achieve something 努力，奋斗strive to do something I was still striving to be successful. 我仍在努力争取成功。strive for/after We must continue to strive for greater efficiency. 我们必须继续为提高效率而努力。► see thesaurus at try —striving noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
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strive• She strove daily to be the perfect wife.• The film strives for a surface kind of cynicism, only to invoke the Love Conquers All escape clause in the end.• The company must constantly strive for greater efficiency.• They commit themselves to strive for its elimination.• The many affirmations are either on what the self or others should strive for-to do or to become.• It defines what is important, worthwhile and worth striving for.• Toni has been striving to achieve musical recognition for the past ten years.• Which - she strove to be positive - left her the whole day in which to take her ease in Mariánské Láznë.• Even when the judicial structure does strive to maintain some political independence, it still might respond to political pressure.• Indeed the Customer Service Charter featured below sets out the level of service we strive to sustain.strive to do something• From now on, she thought, I shall strive to be virtuous.• Science is therefore public, or at least normally strives to be.• It was a more than intellectual comprehension; and to write of it she must strive to become that meeting.• But that is what we must all now strive to do.• With this feat of derring-doze, Wadlough is striving to expand his portfolio.• We always strove to get a solution that was acceptable all round.• The film studio is striving to improve its public image.• He strove to make it sporting.• With its prestige threatened, Yale strives to re-gentrify the center city.Origin strive (1100-1200) Old French estriverstrive verbChinese
a to make Corpus something achieve great to effort
strive
strive /straɪv/
verb (past tense strove /strəʊv $ stroʊv/, past participle striven /ˈstrɪvən/) [intransitive] formal
strive to do something
I was still striving to be successful.
strive for/after
We must continue to strive for greater efficiency.
—striving noun [uncountable and countable]
▪ 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.
strive /straɪv/
verb (past tense strove /strəʊv $ stroʊv/, past participle striven /ˈstrɪvən/) [intransitive] formal Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old French
Origin: estriver
to make a great effort to achieve somethingLanguage: Old French
Origin: estriver
strive to do something
strive for/after
—striving noun [uncountable and countable]
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