内容简介

名词 “effort” 的常用意思都与 “hard work（努力劳动）” 有关。在使用中，泛指 “力气” 或 “努力” 时，“effort” 是不可数名词；在具体指 “为做某事付出的努力” 时，“effort” 是可数名词。看视频，学习 “effort” 的三个常见用法。

用法总结

1. 作不可数名词时，“effort” 可以指 “力气，精力，努力”，相当于 “hard work”。

• I would help you, but it's too much effort.

• It takes effort to succeed – you do realise that, right?

2. 作可数名词时，“effort” 的意思是 “为做某事付出的努力，艰难的尝试”。

• We've got to make a real effort to get there on time.

• It was my best effort, but it wasn't good enough.

3. 作可数名词时，“effort” 还可以指 “费劲的、难做的事情”。

• Sometimes it's a real effort to wake up in the morning.

• I'm trying to learn a new language, but it's a real effort!