struggle

1. V-T/V-I If you struggle to do something, you try hard to do it, even though other people or things may be making it difficult for you to succeed. 努力; 鬭爭

They had to struggle against all kinds of adversity. 他們不得不同各種睏境鬭爭。

2. N-VAR A struggle is a long and difficult attempt to achieve something such as freedom or political rights. 努力; 鬭爭

Life became a struggle for survival. 生活變成了一場爭取生存的鬭爭。

...a young boy's struggle to support his poverty-stricken family. …一個年輕男孩爲支撐自己貧窮的家庭所做的努力。

3. V-I If you struggle when you are being held, you twist, kick, and move violently in order to get free. 掙紥

I struggled, but he was a tall man, well built. 我掙紥了，但他是一個高個子男人，很強壯。

4. V-RECIP If two people struggle with each other, they fight. 扭打

She screamed at him to "stop it" as they struggled on the ground. 他們在地上扭打時，她沖他尖叫著“住手”。

5. N-COUNT Struggle is also a noun. 扭打

He died in a struggle with prison officers less than two months after coming to Britain. 他來英國不到兩個月就死於一次與獄警們的扭打。

6. V-T/V-I If you struggle to move yourself or to move a heavy object, you try to do it, but it is difficult. 艱難地移動

I could see the young boy struggling to free himself. 我能看見這個小男孩正使勁掙脫他自己。

7. V-T/V-I If a person or organization is struggling, they are likely to fail in what they are doing, even though they might be trying very hard. 在睏境中掙紥; 竭力維持[only cont]

The company is struggling to find buyers for its new product. 這個公司正竭力爲它的新産品尋找買主。

One in five young adults was struggling with everyday mathematics. 每5個年輕人中就有1個做日常的數學計算很費勁。

8. N-SING An action or activity that is a struggle is very difficult to do. 很費勁的事

Losing weight was a terrible struggle. 減肥是件很費勁的事。