关于effort的实用短语

Effort

努力

Is the determination to do something. It can be a physical effort or a mental effort.  It is also the result of the attempt of doing something. We put a lot of effort into preparing for the event. It took a great effort to build the house on time. There are many collocations for effort, here are some of the most widely used.

是做某事的决心。它可以是体力上的努力，也可以是精神上的努力。它也是尝试做某事的结果。我们花了很多精力准备这次活动。按时建造这所房子花了很大的努力。有很多搭配的努力，这里有一些最广泛的使用。

1. Considerable effort

相当大的努力

Means that something was particularly or very hard. If something takes a considerable effort it is something that takes a lot more effort than usual.

意味着某件事特别或非常困难。如果某件事需要付出相当大的努力，那就是比平时付出更多的努力。

It takes a considerable effort to organize the hospital./He made a considerable effort to show that he was sorry.

组织医院需要相当大的努力。/他非常努力地表示他很抱歉。

2. Hard Effort

努力

Also means that something is very difficult.

也意味着有些事情很难。

It will be too hard of an effort to do things your way. /Getting this done was a hard effort.

按你的方式做事太难了。/完成这项工作是一项艰巨的工作。

3. Constant Effort

不懈努力

Means that the effort is ongoing. It doesn’t stop.

意味着努力还在继续。它没有停止。

It takes a constant effort to raise children. /I don’t have enough time to put in the constant effort that it will take to complete the task.

养育孩子需要不断努力。/我没有足够的时间投入完成这项任务所需的持续努力。

4. Extra Effort

额外的努力

Means that a task will take or has taken more effort than normal or what was originally expected.

表示一项任务将要或已经付出比正常或最初预期更多的努力。

It will take an extra effort to cook dinner tonight. /It shouldn’t’ be a big deal, it won’t take any extra effort.

今晚做晚饭需要额外的努力。/没什么大不了的，不需要额外的努力。

5. Minimal Effort

最小的努力

Means that it takes very little work or effort to do something.

意味着做某事只需要很少的工作或努力。

I want to do something that will take minimal effort. /The effort that you put into your work was minimal.

我想做一些不费吹灰之力的事。/你在工作中付出的努力是微乎其微的。

6. Wasted Effort

白费力气

Refers to something being done for no reason. That could be because the effort wasn’t needed, or it could be because the effort was made, but didn’t make a difference.

指无缘无故地做某事。这可能是因为不需要付出努力，也可能是因为付出了努力，但没有起到作用。

All of the work we did, didn’t affect anything it was a wasted effort. /Some people believe deleting emails is a wasted effort, but I think it’s necessary.

我们所做的一切工作，都没有影响到任何东西，这是白费力气。/有些人认为删除电子邮件是一种浪费，但我认为这是必要的。

7. Physical Effort

体力劳动

Means that the effort is physical and not mental. A physical effort takes strength.

意味着努力是身体上的而不是精神上的。体力劳动需要体力。

Hiking up the mountain was such a physical effort. /What kind of physical effort will that take?

登山是一项体力劳动。/那需要什么样的体力劳动？

8. Mental Effort

脑力劳动

Refers to something that does not take physical strength, but intellectual strength. In other words it takes a lot of thinking to get a task accomplished.

指的是不需要体力，而是智力的东西。换句话说，完成一项任务需要很多思考。

Learning a language takes mental effort. /You won’t get far in school without putting in a lot of  mental effort.

学习一门语言需要脑力劳动。/如果你不花很多脑力劳动，你在学校就走不远。

9. Amount of Effort

工作量

Refers to how much effort it takes to get something done. It speaks to how hard or easy something is. This phrase is often used to say that something took a lot of effort or to ask how much effort something took.

指完成某件事需要付出多少努力。它说明一件事有多难或多容易。这个短语通常用来表示某件事花了很多精力，或者问某件事花了多少精力。

It took an enormous amount of effort to finish on time. /What amount of effort do you think will be needed to get all of this done?

按时完成花了很大的力气。/你认为完成这一切需要多少努力？

10. Effort Needed/ Effort Demanded

所需努力/所需努力

Refers to how much it takes to get something done.

指完成某件事需要多少时间。

I don’t have the effort that is needed to continue to perform my job. /I see that there is a lot of needed effort to clean this house. /How much effort will be demanded of me? /My boss demanded so much effort that I decided to quit my job.

我没有足够的精力继续工作。/我知道打扫这所房子需要很多努力。/需要我付出多少努力？/我的老板要求我付出很大的努力，所以我决定辞职。

11. Required Effort or Effort Required

所需的努力

Refers to how much effort is necessary. If less effort is given then it will not be enough.

指需要付出多少努力。如果付出更少的努力，那就不够了。

This is the necessary effort to finish the course. /There is a lot of effort required to graduate with this degree.

这是完成这门课程的必要努力。/要获得这个学位，需要付出很多努力。

12. Effort taken

付出的努力

Refers to the amount of effort that has been taken to accomplish a task. In this case the effort has already been made.

指为完成任务所付出的努力量。在这种情况下，已经作出了努力。

There was a lot of effort taken by a lot of people to get this done. /Some of the team members have taken very little effort to get the project done.

很多人为此付出了很多努力。/有些团队成员几乎不费吹灰之力就完成了这个项目。

13. Make an Effort

尽力

Refers to trying to get something done. When someone makes an effort, they try to do something or they are being told to try to do something.

指试图完成某事。当一个人努力的时候，他们试图做一些事情，或者他们被告知要做一些事情。

Thank you for making so much effort. /You really need to make an effort.

谢谢你这么努力。/你真的需要努力。

14. Spare no Effort

不遗余力

Means to put in all the effort that is necessary. In this case one does not worry about trying too hard. This is the opposite of being lazy. Someone who is sparing no effort is working very hard.

意味着付出一切必要的努力。在这种情况下，你不必担心太努力。这与懒惰相反。一个不遗余力的人工作很努力。

I know this has to get done right away, I will spare no effort. /Wow, this is amazing you clearly spared no effort.

我知道这必须马上完成，我会不遗余力的。/哇，这太神奇了，你显然不遗余力。