strive
verb🔊/straɪv/
🔊/straɪv/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they strive | 🔊/straɪv/ 🔊/straɪv/ |
| he / she / it strives | 🔊/straɪvz/ 🔊/straɪvz/ |
| past simple strove | 🔊/strəʊv/ 🔊/strəʊv/ |
| past simple strived | 🔊/straɪvd/ 🔊/straɪvd/ |
| past participle striven | 🔊/ˈstrɪvn/ 🔊/ˈstrɪvn/ |
| past participle strived | 🔊/straɪvd/ 🔊/straɪvd/ |
| -ing form striving | 🔊/ˈstraɪvɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈstraɪvɪŋ/ |
to try very hard to achieve something 努力；奋斗；力争；力求 - strive for something
We encourage all members to strive for the highest standards. 我们鼓励所有成员为达到最高标准而努力。 🔊🔊 - strive after/towards something
They were always striving towards perfection. 他们总是力臻完美。 - strive against something
striving against corruption 与腐败现象作斗争 - strive to do something
Newspaper editors all strive to be first with a story. 报纸编辑都力争率先报道。 🔊🔊 She strove to find a solution that was acceptable to all. 她努力寻找一种所有人都可以接受的解决方案。
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc1They are desperately striving for some sort of dignity. 他们在拚命争取某种尊严。 I am constantly striving after artistic beauty. 我一直在努力追求艺术美。 man striving against the elements 与大自然抗争的人类 Experimenters continually strive to eliminate distorting factors. 实验人员不断努力消除扭曲因素。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- mightily
- desperately
- …
- after
- against
- for
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French estriver; related to estrif ‘strife’.- strive for something