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endeavour 音標拼音: [ɪnd'ɛvɚ] n. 盡力;努力;力圖 盡力;努力;力圖 endeavour n 1: a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise" [synonym: {enterprise}, {endeavor}, {endeavour}] 2: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" [synonym: {attempt}, {effort}, {endeavor}, {endeavour}, {try}] v 1: attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy" [synonym: {endeavor}, {endeavour}, {strive}] Endeavor \En*deav"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endeavored}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Endeavoring}.] [OE. endevor; pref. en- dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See {Devoir}, {Debt}.] [Written also {endeavour}.] To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt. [1913 Webster] It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects. --Ld. Chatham. [1913 Webster] {To endeavor one's self}, to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness." --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
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