She strove to perform all her wifely functions perfectly.
她努力做一个完美的贤妻。
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She shunned bodily ornamentation and strove to use only the natural movements of her body, undistorted by acrobatic exaggeration and stimulated only by internal compulsion.
她避开身体上的装饰，努力只使用身体的自然动作，不被杂技般的夸张所扭曲，只被内心的强迫所刺激。
3
She strove mightily to put Mike from her thoughts.