exertion

英 [ɪɡˈzɜːʃn]

美 [ɪɡˈzɜːrʃn]

n.  努力; 尽力; 费力; 行使; 运用; 施加

复数：exertions　

TOEFL医学

BNC.14183 / COCA.12337

牛津词典

noun

• 努力；尽力；费力
  physical or mental effort; the act of making an effort
  1. She was hot and breathless from the exertion of cycling uphill.
     她骑车上山累得全身发热，喘不过气来。
  2. He needed to relax after the exertions of a busy day at work.
     他忙碌工作了一天后需要休息。
• 行使；运用；施加
  the use of power to make sth happen
  1. the exertion of force/strength/authority
     使用武力；使劲；行使权力

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。

英英释义

noun

• use of physical or mental energy
  1. he got an A for effort
  2. they managed only with great exertion
  Synonym:effortelbow greasetravailsweat

双语例句

• The exertion of so much effort that discomfort or injury results.
  非常努力却换来了不好的结果。
• Art is imaginative creation practiced in a social institution mainly for the encouragement of free exertion and appreciation of imaginative creativity.
  艺术是在制度中进行的想象性的创造活动，主要是为了鼓励对想象性的创造力的自由发挥和欣赏。
• When I am in trouble, I usually send out a pain signal only after undue exertion or emotion.
  当我处境窘困时，我一般只在过度紧张或情绪过分激动后才发出痛的信号。
• Correct Cognition and Exertion of Regional Advantage in Agriculture Structural Adjustment
  农业结构调整中区域优势的正确认识与发挥
• Exertion of authority does not come easily to everyone.
  行使权利并不是对每个人都是容易的。
• From exertion come wisdom and purity; from sloth ignorance and sensuality.
  智慧和纯洁来之于力行，从懒惰中却出现了无知和淫欲。
• This misunderstanding is harmful to the development of historiography and hinders its exertion of social function.
  这种误解不仅不利于历史学的发展，而且阻碍了历史学社会功能的发挥。
• ( especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.
  （特别是指脸）发红，因为激动或者用力而充血或者好像充了血。
• And ( 2) these imaginative creation activities are now practiced in a new social institution mainly for the encouragement of free exertion and appreciation of imaginative creation.
  这些想象性的创造活动如今在一个新的社会体制中进行，主要是为了鼓励对想象性的创造活动的自由发挥和欣赏。
• Any exertion on his part is still the thinking process.
  思考者的任何努力仍然是思考的过程。