"made an effort to cover all the reading material" "wished him luck in his endeavor" "she gave it a good try"
"he got an A for effort" "they managed only with great exertion"
"he performed a great feat" "the book was her finest effort"
"he supported populist campaigns" "they worked in the cause of world peace" "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant" "the movement to end slavery" "contributed to the war effort"
误 I will do every effort to help you.
正 I will make every effort to help you.
析effort表示“作出努力”时,须与make搭配,而不可与do搭配。
尽力帮助他。误 Great efforts have been made to help him.
正 Great effort has been made to help him.
析 make与effort搭配用于被动结构时, effort多表示抽象的行为概念,是不可数名词。
他们作出更大努力以加强团结。误 They make more efforts at〔in〕 strengthening unity.
正 They make more efforts to strengthen unity.
析 make efforts〔an effort〕后面通常跟动词不定式,而不能用“at〔in〕+动名词”形式。
他费了很大劲才搬开那块石头。误 He took the rock away with big effort.
正 He took the rock away with great effort.
析 “很大的力气”可说great effort, a lot of effort,不可用big修饰effort。
我费了很大劲,从人群中挤了出去。误 With a lot of efforts I edged my way out of the crowd.
正 With a lot of effort I edged my way out of the crowd.
析 with a lot of effort意为“费了很大气力”,但这里effort为不可数名词,词尾不可加s。
他毫不费力地完成了工作。误 He finished the work without an effort.
正 He finished the work without effort.
析 without effort表示“毫不费力地”时, effort指“力气”,是不可数名词,不可以说without an effort,而在with effort中, effort前有时可加an。
