英 [ˈefət] 美 [ˈefərt]
n. 努力，艰难的尝试；力气，精力；有组织的活动；努力的结果，成就
复数efforts
effort /ˈɛfət/ CET4 TEM4
有变体名词 If you make an effort to do something, you try very hard to do it. 努力
He made no effort to hide his disappointment.
他不试图隐瞒自己的失望。
Finding a cure requires considerable time and effort.
找到一种治愈方法需要相当的时间和努力。
不可数名词 If you say that someone did something with effort or with an effort, you mean it was difficult for them to do. 吃力
She took a deep breath and sat up slowly and with great effort.
她深吸一口气，慢慢地、吃力地坐了起来。
可数名词 An effort is a particular series of activities that is organized by a group of people in order to achieve something. 有组织的活动
...a famine relief effort in Angola.
…一个在安哥拉的饥荒救援活动。
单数型名词 If you say that something is an effort, you mean that an unusual amount of physical or mental energy is needed to do it. 极艰难的事
Even carrying the camcorder while hiking in the forest was an effort.
在森林徒步旅行时，即使背着摄像机也是件极难的事。
习语 If you make the effort to do something, you do it, even though you need extra energy to do it or you do not really want to. 尽力
I don't get lonely now because I make the effort to see people.
我现在不寂寞了，因为我尽力与人接触。
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
he got an A for effort
同义词： elbow grease / exertion / travail / sweat
努力-引用次数：274
They can minimize the effort by the hearer in the pursue of optimal relevance.
话语标记语可以减少听话人在理解话语时所付出的努力,获得话语的最佳关联性。
参考来源关联推理中的话语标记语的语用研究
精力-引用次数：15
Software maintainability is a key aspect of quality to software, which directly impact how much effort and cost will be spent on related systems or productions.
软件的可维护性是构成软件质量的一个重要方面,直接决定了在软件系统或产品上需要投入 多大的成本与精力。
工作量
奋斗-引用次数：6
工夫-引用次数：18
Secondly, the mean of effort is "cautiousness", which has surpassed such experiential dimension as experiences and knowledge.
其次,工夫法门是“慎独”,“慎独”工夫是超越了见闻知识等经验层面的。
参考来源张舜典哲学思想研究
作用力
影响-引用次数：2
... 解冻（unfreezing） 努力（effort） 再冻结（refreezing）： ...
梦想（dreaming）：司仪要有梦想，没有梦想的主持人只能是一个吃了这顿没有下顿。 E： 努力（effort）：因为每一场婚礼的不同，主持人也得努力适应每一场不同新人的婚礼，受到新人欢迎是把努力当成爱好的司仪。
... 力线lineofforce 力点effort 十字榫crosshalvingjoint ...
... effluent污水 effort力；施力 elapsedtime经过时间 ...
effortless 容易的；不费力气的
effortful 需要努力的；显示努力的；充满努力的
努力；成就
achievement / success / pain / struggle / trial
You should put more effort into your work.
你应该更加努力地工作。
Emma frowned, making an effort to compose herself.
埃玛皱起了眉头，努力使自己镇定下来。
Finding a cure requires considerable time and effort.
找到一种治愈方法需要相当的时间和努力。
They believe students are owed a good grade simply because they put a lot of effort into a class.
VOA : special.2009.03.12
This is Barth's effort to enclose the silence into something readable, to contain that impossibility in the structure of the story.
这是巴斯想把沉默嵌套到某些可阅读的的，在故事的结构中包含一些不可能的努力。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
so I, you know, I enjoy that sort of intense effort, the sort of adrenaline that goes with the crunch
我就喜欢那种高强度的努力，那种肾上腺素增长的感觉。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 电脑图片的魅力
Officials from the International Water Management Institute and the International Food Policy Research Institute are also taking part in the effort.
VOA : special.2010.02.08
The Public Works of Art Program was the first national effort by the United States government to support artists.
VOA : special.2009.03.23
He'd led a serious effort to shut down banks suspected of money laundering and other crimes.
This week Oracle expanded its effort by buying Navio, a spin-off from Netscape Communications.
So there was that question and I there's definitely an educational effort to be done there.