Tra từ endeavour - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Auguste was endeavouring to be both detective and maîtred'hôtel for the matter of tea, torn as usual by twin loves.
▪ It is very important that the two partners endeavour to: Agree on discipline.
▪ Joan opened it, endeavouring to appear calm.
▪ Other churches have endeavoured to build effective congregational structures to express both homogeneity and heterogeneity.
▪ The management control process should endeavour to measure whether predetermined goals are being achieved.
▪ They endeavoured, on a number of levels, to make themselves more accountable than previous Labour councils had been.
▪ We will endeavour to sell your items for you.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
human
▪ For most of the century Mount Everest had been the ultimate symbol of human endeavour.
▪ But I have never heard him confess his unworthiness in this field of human endeavour.
▪ In all fields of human endeavour there are opportunities for this seeing of great visions.
▪ They would be the outcome of human endeavour, and subject to human control.
scientific
▪ Any form of scientific endeavour must attempt to transcend its time and place to sustain an independent, doubting stance.
▪ For them pollution control work is a scientific endeavour.
▪ But the records of this branch of scientific endeavour date back 7000 years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And they were eventually rewarded for their endeavour and spirit with a cracking goal.
▪ Attitudes were formed as much in shared leisure as by individual endeavour.
▪ Have you faced his challenges to great endeavour?
▪ It was no accident that this was a major area of feminist endeavour.
▪ Pride of place in this endeavour was given to systematic and properly grounded empirical investigation.
▪ She preferred laughter and skylarks to solid endeavour and while she could be noisy she shied away from being the centre of attention.
▪ They suspected they would gain little from this particular endeavour, but anything that supplemented their income was worthwhile.
▪ Yet here is a dark continent on our own doorstep, crying out for missionary endeavour.

endeavour

I. en‧deav‧our¹ British English, endeavor American English /ɪnˈdevə $ -ər/ verb [INTRANSITIVE]
[date : 1400-1500; Origin : dever 'duty' (13-17 centuries), from Old French deveir]
formal to try very hard
endeavour to do something
　 ▪ We always endeavor to please our customers.
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THESAURUS
▪try to take action in order to do something that you may not be able to do :
　 ▪ I tried to explain what was wrong.
　 ▪ He tries hard in class, but he’s finding the work difficult.
▪attempt to try to do something, especially something difficult. Attempt is more formal than try and is used especially in written English :
　 ▪ Any prisoner who attempts to escape will be shot.
　 ▪ He was attempting to climb one of the world’s highest mountains.
▪do your best to try as hard as you can to do something :
　 ▪ We will do our best to help them.
▪make an effort to do something to try to do something, when you find this difficult :
　 ▪ It is worth making an effort to master these skills.
　 ▪ She made a big effort to be nice to him.
▪struggle to try very hard to do something that is very difficult, especially for a long time :
　 ▪ She’s still struggling to give up smoking.
　 ▪ Many of these families are struggling to survive.
▪strive formal to try very hard to achieve something :
　 ▪ The company must constantly strive for greater efficiency.
▪endeavour British English, endeavor American English /ɪnˈdevə $ -ər/ formal to try hard to do something :
　 ▪ Each employee shall endeavour to provide customers with the best service possible.
▪have a go/try informal to try to do something, especially when you are not sure that you will succeed :
　 ▪ I’m not very good at fixing taps, but I’ll have a go.
　 ▪ Do you want to have another try?
▪see if you can do something spoken to try to do something – used when offering to do something, or suggesting that someone should do something :
　 ▪ I’ll see if I can get you a ticket.
　 ▪ See if you can persuade her to come.

II. endeavour² British English, endeavor American English noun
[UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]
formal an attempt to do something new or difficult
scientific/creative etc endeavour
　 ▪ an outstanding example of human endeavor
endeavour to do something
　 ▪ They made every endeavour to find the two boys.
　 ▪ Despite our best endeavours, we couldn’t start the car.