exertions

英 [ɪgˈzɜːʃənz]

美 [ɪgˈzɜrʃənz]

n.  努力; 尽力; 费力; 行使; 运用; 施加
exertion的复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 施加（影响、压力等）;行使，运用（权威等）
  If someone or somethingexertsinfluence, authority, or pressure, they use it in a strong or determined way, especially in order to produce a particular effect.
  1. He exerted considerable influence on the thinking of the scientific community on these issues...
     他极大地影响了科学界对这些问题的看法。
  2. The cyst was causing swelling and exerting pressure on her brain.
     那个囊肿正在引起肿胀，压迫着她的大脑。
• VERB 尽力;努力
  If youexert yourself, you make a great physical or mental effort, or work hard to do something.
  1. Youngsters get so absorbed that they don't realise how much they're exerting themselves...
     年轻人如此地沉浸其中，他们没有意识到自己有多么努力。
  2. Do not exert yourself unnecessarily.
     不要做无谓的努力。

双语例句

• He failed to lift the rock in spiteof all his exertions.
  他虽竭尽全力，但仍然未能将那石头搬起来。
• We were exhausted after our exertions.
  我们竭尽全力，疲惫极了。
• The audience is expected to absorb quietly the fruits of the artist's exertions.
  大众仅能平静的吸收和欣赏艺术家的心血结晶。
• England has saved herself by her exertions ( William Pitt the Younger).
  英格兰通过自己的努力解救了自己（小威廉·庇特）。
• After two days 'exertions, it's the arms and hands that seize up, not the legs
  两天的辛苦劳累过后，发僵的是胳膊和双手，腿倒没事。
• This means that the Harvard study tells us only that really slow exertions don't seem to lower mortality risk by much ( if at all).
  意思是哈佛的研究告诉我们只有那些非常慢的运动似乎不能降低太多的死亡率（或者根本不能）。
• The study has been able to accurately recreate the physical demands and exertions of a female hockey player within the simulated weather conditions expected in Beijing.
  这项研究使女曲棍球员们在模拟北京气候的条件中，身体（生理）需求得到正确的发挥和适应。
• He needed to relax after the exertions of a busy day at work.
  他忙碌工作了一天后需要休息。
• And, hey, why not a brandy to fortify you for the afternoon's exertions?
  对了，怎么不来瓶白兰地，为一下午的运动垫垫底儿？
• Exertions to ensure security were aimed at a conclusive settlement with the Soviet Union.
  为保证安全所作的努力，都是为了达到与苏联求得最后解决的目的。