strive
verb/straɪv/
/straɪv/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they strive | /straɪv/ /straɪv/ |
| he / she / it strives | /straɪvz/ /straɪvz/ |
| past simple strove | /strəʊv/ /strəʊv/ |
| past simple strived | /straɪvd/ /straɪvd/ |
| past participle striven | /ˈstrɪvn/ /ˈstrɪvn/ |
| past participle strived | /straɪvd/ /straɪvd/ |
| -ing form striving | /ˈstraɪvɪŋ/ /ˈstraɪvɪŋ/ |
- to try very hard to achieve something
努力；奋斗；力争；力求 - strive for something We encourage all members to strive for the highest standards.
我们鼓励所有成员为达到最高标准而努力。 - strive after/towards something They were always striving towards perfection.
他们总是力臻完美。 - strive against something striving against corruption
与腐败现象作斗争 - strive to do something Newspaper editors all strive to be first with a story.
报纸编辑都力争率先报道。 - She strove to find a solution that was acceptable to all.
她努力寻找一个所有人都能接受的解决方案。
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc1- They are desperately striving for some sort of dignity.
他们在拚命争取某种尊严。 - I am constantly striving after artistic beauty.
我一直在努力追求艺术美。 - man striving against the elements
与大自然抗争的人类 - Experimenters continually strive to eliminate distorting factors.
实验者不断努力消除扭曲因素。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- mightily
- desperately
- …
- after
- against
- for
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French estriver; related to estrif ‘strife’. - strive for something We encourage all members to strive for the highest standards.