strove

英 [strəʊv]

美 [stroʊv]

v. 努力; 奋斗; 力争; 力求
strive的过去式

柯林斯词典

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。
He strove after her love.
他力图追求她的爱。
I saw in my vision by night, and behold the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
我夜间见了一个异象：看见天上忽然起了四股巨风，震荡了大海。
She strove to perform all her wifely functions perfectly.
她努力做一个无可挑剔的贤妻。
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。
She strove mightily to put Mike from her thoughts.
她拼命想忘却迈克。
His nature was purely sensuous, and she strove to make him moral, religious.
他的天性完全是要感官上的享受，她却硬要他讲道德信宗教。
He, as a man, no longer strove.
他已经不再像一个人那样挣扎了。
Asked Morrel with a voice he strove to render firm.
莫雷尔用一种竭力镇定的声音问道。
Not unbecoming men that strove with gods.
使我们配称为与神斗争的人。