关于Effort的意思和用法的提问

A: ohhhhh, This means that after much effort X finally got Y to respond to the proposition of going to the house. It means X got Y to say “I’m not a chicken” after much effort of trying to get her to go

A: It means that "You always try really hard."

"Great" in this case doesn't refer to size or strength as much as to quality. It means that the quality of the effort that he/she puts into something is excellent.

A: complicate efforts = make it harder

Crap lungs means it's difficult for the person to breathe. Fending off unwanted advances can be difficult. Being unable to breathe properly, having "crap lungs", makes fending off unwanted advances even more difficult.

A: “Good effort” means that you tried your best on something but perhaps made one or a few mistakes. The person telling you “good effort” can see that you tried to do well and are saying “good effort” to encourage you to do better.

A: "It takes an effort" sounds strange, people here say "it takes effort", without the indefinite article "an".

This mean to that to do something you need to work hard, like "it takes effort to learn a language"

A: "Please put more effort into your work."

"If you don't put in the effort, you will never succeed."

A: It should be "It's not so much that you can't improve your English as you haven't put enough effort into it."

Not so much A as B means, "It's not really A, it's actually B."

So it means: "The problem isn't really that you *can't* improve your English, the problem is you haven't put enough effort into it."

A: "An effort" doesn't make sense but "effort" can be used in the following sentences:

I put forth my best effort to win.
That took a lot of effort.
At least you showed effort.
It's the effort that counts.

A: In an effort to stimulate the students' interest, the professor used a variety of materials besides the textbook in class.

A: In an effort to win the game, the player used what stamina he had left to score a touchdown.

In an effort the make up with his girlfriend, he bought her flowers.

In an effort to pass the exam, she studied solidly for two weeks.

A: expended really mean to use up, like in use up all your money/expend your money for example. spent sounds more natural

A: @naka333: Effort~a vigorous or determined attempt
Example I Have put a lot of effort in my science project

attempt~to make a effort to achieve or complete
example:I have attempted to finish my homework in one hour

Endeavor-to try hard to do or achieve something
Example:he made an endeavor to assist with the hotal

A: As nouns, the are synonyms. However, endeavor can also be a verb which means try hard to do something.

A: I think it's just that "make efforts to do" implies that you'll make more than one effort, and "make an effort to do" means you'll make just one big effort to achieve something.

I think "make an effort to do" is more used than "make efforts to do".

A: "Exertion" has a stronger meaning than "effort."

1. "He put effort into the project."
2. "He exerted himself for the project."

"Exerted" means that he put more effort into the project, he "outdid himself", he "went out of his way" for the project. I hope this helps. ^^

A: Effort

A: “it takes more effort than anyone else”

A: if you’ve explained that already in a previous sentence, then your sentence is good :)

A: There are multiple ways to basically say the same thing. These examples are all about making an effort, or putting in effort. It just matters how you phrase them.

One way is: I should make an effort to do this thing.

Another way is (with some variations):
1) I should put in an effort to do this thing.
2) I should put in the effort to do this thing.
3) I should put in some effort to do this thing.

So, according to the examples you gave, there are a few ways to describe effort here.
- To make an effort
- To put in the effort
- To put in an effort
- To put in some effort

A: Not quite. You could give something a "nice effort" and still not do a good job. "Nice effort" just means you tried very hard, while "good job" means you did something well.

A: I would say "I need to put in more effort to achieve that." :)

A: @deris79: Perfect

A: Blood has nothing to do with your inability to write Kanji.

A: Heavy British slang, but judging by context efforts is being used to mean a business. Chippendales is a male strip joint in America .

A: I understand what you are saying but "backbreakingly" is not a word. You could say "My effort is breaking me apart" or something like that.