an attempt to do something, especially something new or difficult（尤指新的或艰苦的）努力，尝试- There have been great advances in the field of scientific endeavour.在科学探索领域已经取得了巨大的进步。
- endeavour to do something Please make every endeavour to arrive on time.请尽全力按时到达。🔊🔊
- The manager is expected to use his or her best endeavours to promote the artist's career.经纪人应以最大的努力来推动艺人的事业发展。🔊🔊
- in an endeavour to do something The public bombarded the company with complaints in an endeavour to have the price increases revoked.公众用投诉轰炸了该公司，以试图取消提价。
Extra Examples- Enthusiasm is a vital ingredient in all human endeavour.热情是促使人们努力奋斗的一个关键因素。
- He has the ability to achieve success in whatever field of endeavour he should choose.他有能力在他选择从事的任何领域获得成功。
- In an endeavour to improve the service, they introduced free parking.为提高服务质量，他们提供了免费停车。
- Learning a foreign language well can be a lifelong endeavour.要学好一门外语可能需要终身的努力。
- She always encourages her children in their artistic endeavours.对于孩子们在艺术上的追求，她总是予以鼓励。
- We will make every endeavour to obtain sufficient supplies.我们将尽全力取得充足的补给。
- We wish her every success in this endeavour.我们衷心希望她这次努力奋斗获得成功。
- You must make an endeavour to work harder.你必须加倍努力。
- the government's honest endeavours to improve the lives of the poor政府为改善贫困人口的生活所付出的诚心诚意的努力
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- collaborative
- collective
- cooperative
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verb + endeavour/endeavorprepositionphrases- your best endeavours
- a field of endeavour
- make every endeavour
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See full entry Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘exert oneself’): from the phrase put oneself in devoir ‘do one's utmost’.