新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

struggleIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈstrʌɡəl]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

struggles
1. [C, U 有变体名词] 努力 , 斗争
A struggle is a long and difficult attempt to achieve something such as freedom or political rights.
近义词
battle
双语例句
例：
Life became a struggle for survival.
生活变成了一场争取生存下来的斗争。
例：
India's struggle for independence.
印度争取独立的斗争。
例：
IT directors now face an uphill struggle to win back respect from their business peers.
信息技术主管们现在面临一场艰苦的斗争以再次赢得同行们的尊重。
例：
a young boy's struggle to support his poverty-stricken family.
一个年轻男孩为支撑自己贫穷的家庭所做的努力。
2. [C 可数名词] 扭打
A struggle is a fight between people.
双语例句
例：
He died in a struggle with prison officers less than two months after coming to Britain.
来英国不到两个月他就在一次与狱警们的打斗中丧生了。
3. [SING 单数型名词] 很费劲的事
An action or activity that is a struggle is very difficult to do.
双语例句
例：
Losing weight was a terrible struggle.
减肥是件很费劲的事。

VERB. 动词

struggles , struggling , struggled
1. [I 不及物动词] 努力 , 斗争
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.
近义词
battle , fight
双语例句
例：
They had to struggle against all kinds of adversity.
他们不得不同各种困境作斗争。
例：
Those who have lost their jobs struggle to pay their supermarket bills.
那些失业的人们想方设法支付超市账单。
2. [I 不及物动词] 挣扎
If you struggle when you are being held, you twist, kick, and move violently in order to get free.
双语例句
例：
I struggled, but he was a tall man, well built.
我挣扎了，但他又高又壮。
3. [RECIP 相互动词] 扭打
If two people struggle with each other, they fight.
双语例句
例：
She screamed at him to 'stop it' as they struggled on the ground.
他们在地上扭打时，她冲他尖叫着“住手”。
4. [I 不及物动词] 艰难地做
If you struggle to move yourself or to move a heavy object, you try to do it, but it is difficult.
双语例句
例：
I could see the young boy struggling to free himself.
我能看见这个小男孩正使劲挣脱。
5. [I 不及物动词] 在困境中挣扎 , 竭力维持
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.
双语例句
例：
The company is struggling to find buyers for its new product.
这个公司正竭力为它的新产品寻找买主。
例：
One in five young adults was struggling with everyday mathematics.
1/5的年轻人做日常的数学计算很费劲。