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 be recognized as a musician.
他力争被人们承认是个音乐家。
She strove to read the name on the stone pillar
她费劲地读着石柱上的名字。
Not unbecoming men that strove with gods.
使我们配称为与神斗争的人。
My father remarried and strove to provide some sort of stability for us through this new family: another mother, brother and sister.
我的父亲再婚了，并努力通过新的家庭另一个妈妈、弟弟和妹妹为我们提供稳定的生活。
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 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。
Since one century, the women of various countries strove for one's own right and made untiring efforts.
一个世纪以来，各国妇女为争取自身的权利做出了不懈的努力。
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。
She strove mightily to put Mike from her thoughts.
她拼命想忘却迈克。