英语单词 | strive |
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英美音标 | 英 [straɪv] 美 [straɪv] |
中文释义 | vi.奋斗;努力;力求;斗争 |
英语例句 | (1) He strove for recognition as an artist. (2) We should all strive to reunify the motherland. (3) I strive automatically to bring the world into harmony with my own nature. (4) The scientists strive for a breakthrough in cancer research. (5) She likes to strive with me in argument. |
中文例句 | (1) 他为获得艺术家的声誉而奋斗。 (2) 我们共同努力,实现祖国统一。 (3) 我机械地努力以使这世界跟自己的性情协调一致。 (4) 科学家们力争在癌症研究方面有个突破。 (5) 她总爱和我争论。 |
vocabulary简明 | To strive is to endeavor, reach, or strain for something above or beyond. We strive for self-improvement, a better world, or success in general. |
vocabulary扩展 | The Old French origin of this word, estriver ("quarrel," "dispute"), had its 800th birthday not too long ago. Though it shares its roots with strife ("conflict"), it changed over the years (centuries, actually) to describe something more like a conflict with oneself, the attempt to overcome limitations and stay focused on a goal, regardless of whatever quarrels or disputes come up. |
柯林斯解释 | The past tense is either strove or strived, and the past participle is either striven or strived. 过去式为 strove 或 strived,过去分词为 striven 或 strived 1 [VERB 动词]努力;奋斗;力争;力求 If you strive to do something or strive for something, you make a great effort to do it or get it. [V to-inf] [V for n] [Also V]
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