transcription, транскрипция: [ efə(r)t ]
( efforts)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you make an effort to do something, you try very hard to do it.
He made no effort to hide his disappointment...
Finding a cure requires considerable time and effort.
...his efforts to reform Italian research...
Despite the efforts of the United Nations, the problem of drug traffic continues to grow...
But a concerted effort has begun to improve the quality of the urban air.
N-VAR : oft N to-inf
2.
If you say that someone did something with effort or with an effort , you mean it was difficult for them to do. ( WRITTEN )
She took a deep breath and sat up slowly and with great effort...
With an effort she contained her irritation.
= difficulty
N-UNCOUNT : usu with N , also a N
3.
An effort is a particular series of activities that is organized by a group of people in order to achieve something.
...a famine relief effort in Angola.
N-COUNT : usu supp N
4.
If you say that something is an effort , you mean that an unusual amount of physical or mental energy is needed to do it.
Even carrying the camcorder while hiking in the forest was an effort.
= strain, struggle
N-SING : a N
5.
If you make the effort to do something, you do it, even though you need extra energy to do it or you do not really want to.
I don’t get lonely now because I make the effort to see people.
PHRASE : V inflects , oft PHR to-inf