词汇 | struggle |
释义 | struggle verb uk /ˈstrʌɡ.əl/ us /ˈstrʌɡ.əl/ struggleverb (EFFORT)B2[ I ] to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do something: 奋斗,努力,拼搏 [ + to infinitive ]The dog had been struggling to get free of the wire noose.那条狗一直拼命想挣脱金属套索。 I've been struggling to understand this article all afternoon.我琢磨了整整一下午,想弄懂这篇文章的意思。 Fish struggle for survival when the water level drops in the lake.湖水水位下降时,鱼会拼命挣扎求生。 to try to do something tryI'll try to call her again. attemptI have never attempted to run a marathon. endeavourUKEngineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem. seekThey sought to reassure the public. battleHe was battling to fix the roof in the rain. striveWith limited resources, they are striving to make the school a better one. struggle along, through, out, etc. to move somewhere with great effort: 沿…艰难行进/奋力通过/艰难地从…中挣扎出来(等等) He struggled along the rough road holding his son.他抱着儿子在崎岖不平的路上艰难行进。 By this time he'd managed to struggle out of bed.此时他已经挣扎着下了床。 [ I ]informal to be in danger of failing or being defeated: 有失败的危险,苦苦挣扎 After the first half, United were really struggling.上半场过后,联队形势危急。 I struggle to balance work and family commitments.我努力在工作和家庭责任之间寻求平衡。 Many single parents struggle to bring their children up on a low income.许多单身父母靠微薄的收入把孩子抚养大。 He struggled to pedal his bicycle up the hill.他吃力地骑着自行车上山。 We struggled up the slippery ascent .那段上坡路很滑,我们吃力地向上走。 The family is struggling to survive on very little money. Trying and making an effort A game all out assault attempt attempted commitment give something your best shotidiom go after someone go all outidiom go down swinging/fightingidiom go for someone nose shoot for something shoot for the moonidiom shoot the worksidiom smarten (someone/something) up smarten up your actidiom sortie spare stretch You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Slow and moving slowly Unsafe and insecure struggleverb (FIGHT)B2[ I ] to fight, especially with your hands: 打斗,争斗;(尤指)扭打 He struggled with his attacker who then ran away.他和袭击他的人扭打起来,后来那个人跑了。 to fight fightAll this is really not worth fighting over. scrapTwo boys were scrapping in the playground. brawlThe football hooligans are out brawling again. clashStudents clashed with police during demonstrations at five universities. struggleSome of the customers struggled with the robbers, but to no avail. come to blowsSupporters nearly came to blows with each other before the match. C2[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to use a lot of effort to defeat someone, prevent something, or achieve something: 斗争,抗争 For years she struggled with/against the establishment to get her theories accepted.她与传统势力抗争多年,力图使自己的学说得到认可。 She struggled with her attacker but he was too strong for her. I tried to pick him up but he struggled and got free. Fighting armed combat arms array bellicosity blood diamond bloodlessly conflict engage firefight gunfight pick on someone your own sizeidiom rabbit punch refight remobilization remobilize scuffle see action tilt at windmillsidiom toe tussle You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Effort and expending energy Phrasal verbstruggle on struggle noun[ C ] uk /ˈstrʌɡ.əl/ us /ˈstrʌɡ.əl/ strugglenoun[C] (EFFORT)B2 a very difficult task that you can do only by making a great effort: (应对困难而需要的)挣扎;努力,奋斗 It was a terrible struggle for him to accept her death.他经过一番痛苦的挣扎才接受了她已死的事实。 The people of this country will continue in their struggle for independence.这个国家的人民将会继续为争取独立而奋斗。 [ + to infinitive ]She never gave up the struggle to have her son freed from prison.她从未放弃将儿子营救出狱的努力。 It's going to be an uphill struggle (= very difficult) to get your ideas accepted.要使人们接受你的想法将会非常困难。 It was a struggle just to keep my footing.我挣扎着想要站稳。 The film is about a young police-officer and his struggle to expose corruption in the force.影片讲述的是一个年轻警察的故事,表现了他是如何克服困难揭露警方内部腐败的。 Trying to change attitudes to disability is an uphill struggle.改变对待残疾的态度是一项艰巨的工作。 We managed to finish the work on time but it was a struggle. It's a struggle, raising kids on your own. Effort and expending energy assiduity assiduous assiduously assiduousness be running on emptyidiom burn effort effortful effortfully elbow grease fight hamster wheel kill perseverance plough plough through something push put something in/put something into something rearguard action swing strugglenoun[C] (FIGHT)B2 a physical or mental fight: (身体上或精神上的)争斗;搏斗;斗争 a struggle with an armed robber和持械劫匪的搏斗 the struggle between good and evil善恶之争 Clearly there will be a power struggle within the company.很明显,公司内将出现一场权力之争。 a fight fightHe got into a fight in school. fistfightHe was arrested for getting into a fistfight after the match. brawlHe was injured in a brawl outside the stadium. scuffleThere were a few scuffles between fans after the match. clashFive people were injured in clashes between strikers and owners. struggleHe managed to escape after a struggle. a struggle for supremacy追求最好的努力 There is an eternal struggle between good and evil. India attained independence in 1947, after decades of struggle.经过几十年的斗争,印度于1947年获得独立。 There is a furious struggle going on between the two presidential candidates.两位总统竞选人之间进行着激烈的争斗。 In the 80s he took centre stage in his party's struggle with the unions. Fighting armed combat arms array bellicosity blood diamond bloodlessly conflict engage firefight gunfight pick on someone your own sizeidiom rabbit punch refight remobilization remobilize scuffle see action tilt at windmillsidiom toe tussle struggle | American Dictionarystruggle verb[ I ] us/ˈstrʌɡ·əl/ struggleverb[I] (TRY HARD)to work hard to do something: We watched boys on skateboards struggle to keep their balance. struggleverb[I] (FIGHT)to fight, esp. physically: He struggled with his cousin, and his uncle had to step in to calm things down. struggleverb[I] (MOVE)to move with difficulty: She struggled out of her chair. struggle noun[ C ] us/ˈstrʌɡ·əl/ strugglenoun[C] (FIGHT)a fight: Both men were arrested after their struggle in the street. strugglenoun[C] (TRYING HARD)a very great effort to do something: Central banks everywhere are still fighting the struggle against inflation. struggle | Business Englishstruggle noun[ C ] uk /ˈstrʌɡl/us a hard effort or fight to do or get something: a struggle for sthThere was a struggle for control of the company. a struggle against sthThe struggle against drugs took up much of the police's time and manpower. something that is extremely difficult to achieve: We completed the project, but it was a struggle. a struggle to do sthIt has been a struggle to make the business profitable. struggle verb[ I ] uk /ˈstrʌɡl/us to try or fight very hard in order to do or get something: struggle with/against sthFor years she struggled with the department to get her ideas accepted. struggle for sthWomen struggle for equal rights. to find it extremely difficult to succeed or to achieve something: In the current climate many small businesses are struggling. struggle to do sthThe Government will struggle to achieve its target of 15% of electricity from renewables. struggle along/throughThe company may struggle along on its own but a merger with a stronger company would be better for its pension holders. Examples of strugglestruggle In this institutional struggle, some groups will end up supporting their second preference in order to avoid an even worse outcome. An ideology was needed to explain why it was that some people were not caught up in the neutralist struggle to avoid civil war altogether. Contemporary social scientists struggle with the problem of being precise about that which defies precision : the cloudiness of our own lives. If there was really so little to decide, what were the local struggles all about? And so the spoken drama struggles, receiving little international or local community funding, nor extra government money to compensate. Instead, it was a series of ad hoc measures implemented in a struggle to prevent chaos and to stop revolutionary turmoil. They could not count on the same degree of popular support following any decision to start an armed struggle for power. In these struggles the latter regularly appealed for support to a larger cultivated public. Much archaeological research deals with periods and regions for which it is a real struggle to discern the agency of individuals. Additionally, a dyad will only be classified as coercively attached if the attachment figure engages in the struggle which cannot be resolved. They were also accounts of struggle and resistance, which included claims of worthiness and profound demands for life with dignity. And energy recovered from the heterogeneous fuel of rubbish struggles to be economically competitive. From a handful of scientific consultants and then the heads of struggling forestry administrations, the scientific enterprise had by the late 1940s enlarged considerably. It reflected, moreover, political striving within the psychoanalytic movement and between it and its opponents and enemies in the struggle for recognition. History is still ultimately a question of class struggle, and the developments of the nineteenth century are dominated by the machinations of bourgeois capital. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withstrugglestruggleThese are words often used in combination with struggle. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. armed struggle They could not count on the same degree of popular support following any decision to start an armed struggle for power. bitter struggle What will happen will be a bitter struggle, a fight, a race. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 constant struggle There was a constant struggle against decay here as well, but, following extant paths, these roads at least met something of a popularly felt need. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with struggle |
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