strove

英 [strəʊv]

美 [stroʊv]

v. 努力; 奋斗; 力争; 力求
strive的过去式

柯林斯词典

She strove mightily to put Mike from her thoughts.
她拼命想忘却迈克。
He strove to be recognized as a musician.
他力争被人们承认是个音乐家。
He strove after her love.
他力图追求她的爱。
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。
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。
She strove to perform all her wifely functions perfectly.
她努力做一个无可挑剔的贤妻。
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。
Not unbecoming men that strove with gods.
使我们配称为与神斗争的人。
He strove to succour the oppressed.
他奋力救助受压迫者。
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。