名词
Waking Someone Up-(叫醒某人)
1. 努力;气力；精力
If you make an effort to do something, you try very hard to do it.
2. 吃力;费力
If you say that someone did something with effort or with an effort, you mean it was difficult for them to do.
3. （为达到某一目的的）有组织的行动，一系列活动
An effort is a particular series of activities that is organized by a group of people in order to achieve something.
4. 费力的事;困难的事;劳神的事
If you say that something is an effort, you mean that an unusual amount of physical or mental energy is needed to do it.
5. 尽力；尝试；勉为其难
If you make the effort to do something, you do it, even though you need extra energy to do it or you do not really want to.
6. 勇气;决心
If you do something difficult or painful by an effort of will, you manage to make yourself do it.
7. 值得努力去做
If you say that something is worth the effort, you mean that it will justify the energy that you have spent or will spend on it.
1. a notable achievement
e.g. he performed a great feat
the book was her finest effort
2. use of physical or mental energy
hard work
e.g. he got an A for effort
they managed only with great exertion
Synonym: elbow greaseexertiontravailsweat
3. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
e.g. made an effort to cover all the reading material
wished him luck in his endeavor
she gave it a good try
Synonym: attemptendeavorendeavourtry
4. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
e.g. he supported populist campaigns
they worked in the cause of world peace
the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
the movement to end slavery
contributed to the war effort