strove

英 [strəʊv]

美 [stroʊv]

v. 努力; 奋斗; 力争; 力求
strive的过去式

柯林斯词典

Not unbecoming men that strove with gods.
使我们配称为与神斗争的人。
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。
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。
I strove to have her as my bride for I had fallen in love with her beauty.
我爱慕智慧，自幼就寻求她，设法娶她作我的配偶：我实在喜爱她的美丽。
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。
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。
He strove to succour the oppressed.
他奋力救助受压迫者。
The tip of one finger touched it; she strove no more for the rest!
一只指尖碰到它了，她不用再剩馀的奋斗了！
She strove to perform all her wifely functions perfectly.
她努力做一个无可挑剔的贤妻。
He, as a man, no longer strove.
他已经不再像一个人那样挣扎了。