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

• 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。
• I was weakened by my exertions, and fell and broke my arm.
  我因劳累而体力不支，结果跌了一跤，把胳膊也摔断了。
• After the morning's exertions I was exhausted.
  晨练之后，我筋疲力尽。
• We reap a benefit from exertions.
  我们因努力得到利益。
• 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）。
• He was drippino with perspiration after his exertions.
  大运动量之后，他大汗淋漓。
• 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）。
• We were exhausted after our exertions.
  我们竭尽全力，疲惫极了。
• When we joined the road again the rain had stopped and, sweating from our exertions, we were glad to take off our raincoats to cool down.
  回到正路，雨不知道什么时候已经住了，人走了一身汗，巴不得把雨衣脱下来，凉快凉快。
• Einstein avoided any strenuous physical exertions, did not play active games, and particularly hated to play soldier.
  爱因斯坦对任何费体力的事，都避而远之；从不参加剧烈的游戏活动，特别厌恶玩打仗的游戏。