endeavour

1. V-T If you endeavour to do something, you try very hard to do it. 努力[正式]

They are endeavouring to protect trade union rights. 他们正在努力保护工会权利。

2. N-VAR An endeavour is an attempt to do something, especially something new or original. 尝试[正式]

The company's creative endeavours are thriving. 该公司的创新尝试蓬勃兴旺。

Extracting information about the large-scale composition of a planet from a sample weighing a millionth of a gram was a fascinating example of scientific endeavour. 从重量为百万分之一克的样品中提取有关行星宏观组成的信息是一个极为有趣的科学尝试实例。