(verb.) to exert much effort or energy; 'straining our ears to hear'.
录入:斯科特
双语例句
But money is not what _I_ strive for. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
But, no; in times of misery we must fight against our destinies, and strive not to be overcome by them. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
I must struggle on: strive to live and bend to toil like the rest. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
And Gerald could not help it, he was bound to strive to come up to her criterion, fulfil her idea of a man and a human-being. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
One ought to wrestle and strive and be physically close. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
Her lover was no longer to her an exciting man whom many women strove for, and herself could only retain by striving with them. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
You are all striving for money. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
It appeared to be something interesting, for every one was pushing and striving to get nearer. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
You are not striving to look taller than any body else. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
They were striving for greater freedom in nature and society. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
Her lover was no longer to her an exciting man whom many women strove for, and herself could only retain by striving with them. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
Many were convinced that the end of the world was at hand, and strove to fix their thoughts solely on the world to come. 李贝.西洋科学史.
She strove to think it was right that she should be so punished. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
The poor creature fell on her knees before me, and strove in vain to express her gratitude, with wild incoherency. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
Again and again he strove to break away, but I as often headed him off. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯回忆录.
By selecting the best for its exclusive use, it strives to reinforce the power of this best. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
And this is another spell against which the shedder of blood for ever strives in vain. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
The successes for which it strives, the achievements upon which it sets store, are connected with fighting and victory. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
Yet that there is a common impulse in modern thought which strives towards autonomy is true and worth remarking. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
The scientist shows no rapture for exalted views; in fact, with an instinct for mediocrity, he is envious and strives for the destruction of the exceptional ma n. 李贝.西洋科学史.
To-day he has striven to kill before my face the only other living creature that ever showed me kindness. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Like ethical insight, or spiritual illumination , the scientific idea comes to those who have striven for it. 李贝.西洋科学史.
I have striven long to avoid exposure, and I should not like it to come at last. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
We have striven hard to learn. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
If so, he had striven to save the son, who came in defiance of the law to attend his mother's death-bed. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.