Word · Frequency #6950
endeavour
努力；尽力
a serious attempt or effort; British spelling of 'endeavor'.
英式拼写
- 1.
British standard spelling of endeavor.
“endeavor”的英式标准拼写
“endeavor”的英式标准拼写；努力；力图；尽力
In use
The research endeavour required years of dedication and collaboration.
Her lifelong endeavour to promote education has inspired many.
The team's collective endeavour led to the successful launch of the product.
Connections
Collocations
- make every endeavour
- 尽一切努力
- We will make every endeavour to meet the deadline.我们将尽一切努力按时完成。
- in an endeavour to
- 为了努力...
- They worked late in an endeavour to finish the project.他们为了完成项目工作到很晚。
- successful endeavour
- 成功的事业
- Starting a new business is a challenging but successful endeavour.创业是一项具有挑战性但成功的事业。
- joint endeavour
- 共同努力
- The research was a joint endeavour between the two universities.这项研究是两所大学的共同努力。
- human endeavour
- 人类的事业
- Space exploration is one of the greatest human endeavours.太空探索是人类最伟大的事业之一。
- scientific endeavour
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将endeavour拆为en+deavour，其中'deavour'近似'devote'（奉献），努力需要奉献精神。
Context & Register
formal; academic writing, formal speeches, business contexts; 通常用于正式或书面语境，表示需要付出努力的目标或行动。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words 'favour', 'behaviour', 'flavour', and 'colour' share the same spelling ending '-our' but all have different vowel sounds in the stressed syllable compared to 'endeavour' (/ˈdevə/ vs /ˈfeɪvə/, /ˈheɪvjə/, /ˈfleɪvə/, /ˈkʌlə/). 'Never' and 'ever' have a similar ending sound (/və/) but their stressed vowels differ (/nev/ and /ev/ vs /dev/). There are no common English words that fully rhyme with 'endeavour' in its Received Pronunciation pronunciation.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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