endeavour

endeavour 是英式英语的拼写形式，既可作名词表示为实现目标所作的努力或尝试，也可作动词表示努力去做某事；美式英语通常采用另一种拼写。

💡 记忆钩子

把力气投向一个目标：作为名词，endeavour 是“投向目标的努力或尝试”；作为动词，就是“把力气投向目标，努力去做”。记住它的核心是“努力”，英式拼写中保留了字母组合 ou。

📝 学习建议

先掌握动词“努力做某事”和名词“努力、尝试”这两个核心义，再记住它是英式拼写；美式英语通常使用不带字母 u 的拼写形式。
不要把它只理解成普通的“试一下”：它通常带有认真投入、朝目标努力的意味。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 努力；尝试

📖 endeavour 指朝着某个目标投入力量的一次努力或尝试，重点在于认真去做，而不保证最后成功。它就是“把力气投向目标”这一核心概念的名词形式。

💡 常见结构是“an endeavour to do sth”或“in an endeavour to do sth”。它通常是正式、偏书面的可数名词，前面常有冠词或其他限定词。表达日常的小努力时，用普通词语往往更自然；不要把它直接当成“结果”来理解。

The project was a joint endeavour by several local schools.

这个项目是几所当地学校共同努力的成果。

She moved to the city in an endeavour to find better work.

她搬到城里，努力寻找更好的工作。

endeavours plural

verb

core 努力做；力求

📖 作动词时，endeavour 表示为了达到目标而认真去做某事，相当于“努力设法做”。它把“把力气投向目标”变成一个行动过程。

💡 常用结构是“endeavour to do sth”，例如表示“努力解决问题”时，动词后接不定式。它多用于正式书面语、演讲或承诺中，语气比日常说法更郑重。不要把它理解成已经成功，也不要在后面直接接动名词。

We will endeavour to answer all enquiries within two days.

我们将努力在两天内答复所有咨询。

The team endeavoured to protect the old forest.

团队努力保护这片古老的森林。

endeavours present,singular,third-person endeavouring participle,present endeavoured participle,past endeavoured past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 3 组

earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; ;

同义词集: attempt effort endeavor endeavour try

made an effort to cover all the reading material

wished him luck in his endeavor

she gave it a good try

上位: activity 下位: batting, battle, best, bid, contribution, crack, essay, fling, foray, go, liberation, nisus, offer, pains, part, pass, play, power play, run, seeking, share, shot, squeeze, squeeze play, stab, strain, striving, struggle, test, trial, whirl, worst

a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

同义词集: enterprise endeavor endeavour

he had doubts about the whole enterprise

上位: labor, project, task, undertaking 下位: fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise, racket

attempt by employing effort

同义词集: endeavor endeavour strive

we endeavor to make our customers happy

上位: assay, attempt, essay, seek, try 下位: buck, struggle

🔄 变式

endeavoured past endeavouring present endeavours plural

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