strove

英 [strəʊv]

美 [stroʊv]

v.  努力; 奋斗; 力争; 力求
strive的过去式

柯林斯词典

• 
  Stroveis a past tense ofstrive.

双语例句

• I strove with none, for none was worth my strife.
  我不和人争斗，因为没有人值得我争斗。
• The Egyptians strove against with the Romans for the possession of the Nile valley.
  埃及人为争取尼罗河谷的归属曾和罗马人进行斗争。
• He strove to speak, but caught his breath, stammering.
  他拼命想开口讲话，可是期期艾艾地只打了一个寒噤。
• We strove to convince one another that our decisions stemmed from ourselves and ourselves alone.
  我们努力使彼此都相信我们的决定是我们自己做出来的。
• Chanel strove for originality and was destined to revolutionize women's fashion and liberate it from its restrictions.
  香奈儿力求创新，因此她注定要在当时的女性时尚界掀起一场革命，把女性从服装的限制中解放出来。
• Lady Thatcher was the only British prime minister to leave behind a set of ideas about the role of the state which other leaders and nations strove to copy and apply.
  作为英国首相，撒切尔夫人还留下了很多关于国家角色的观点，让后来的英国领导者和其他国家都纷纷效仿和实践。
• We know now, the natural antipathy you strove against, and conquered, for her dear sake.
  现在我才明白了你为她的缘故跟发自天性的憎恶作了多少年斗争，并且克服了它。
• He, as a man, no longer strove.
  他已经不再像一个人那样挣扎了。
• Not a member of any political party, he strove to speak to and for ordinary Arab people.
  不属于任何政党的成员，他努力发言为普通阿拉伯人民。
• They halted for a minute, during which he strove to collect his thoughts.
  他们停了一下，乘这个时候也竭力使自己集中一下思想。