英语单词 | endeavour |
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英美音标 | [in'devə(r)] |
中文释义 | n.[英]尽力,竭力 |
vocab简明 | To endeavour is to strive for something. The endeavour itself is the thing you're striving for, the enterprise or undertaking. It's a primarily British spelling of the word. |
vocab扩展 | The Middle English root of endeavour means to "put oneself in" or "do one's utmost," so if you endeavour to do something, you do it with earnestness and a fair amount of effort. Americans usually spell the word endeavor, but NASA named one of its space shuttles the Endeavour. Why the extra "u"? NASA was honoring the HMS Endeavour, the first ship ever used by the British explorer Captain James Cook. |
真题原句 | But it goes further than that. It signals a change in what has, until now, been a key element of scientific endeavor. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | in AM, use 美国英语用 endeavor 1 [VERB 动词]努力;尽力 If you endeavour to do something, you try very hard to do it. [V to-inf] [FORMAL 正式]
2 [N-VAR 可变名词](尤指新的或创造性事物的)努力,尝试 An endeavour is an attempt to do something, especially something new or original. [usu with supp] [FORMAL 正式]
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来源 | 2008.2 |
Tags: 单词::2008
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