v.  努力，奋力

n.  尝试；努力

• endeavour to do sth  努力做某事

• scientific/creative endeavour  科学的/创造性的尝试

• Endeavoring to give up unhealthy lifestyles. 努力放弃不健康的生活方式

• And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resources in an energy-hungry world could raise pressure to renegotiate Antarctica's treaties, possibly allowing more commercial endeavours here well before the prohibitions against them expire. 允许更多商业尝试

• Many scientific endeavors have become more complicated. 很多科学尝试变得越来越复杂

• Despite our best endeavours, we couldn’t start the car. 我们虽然尽了最大努力，但还是无法发动汽车。

BrE /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn/