Exertion

(n.) The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day.

录入:斯科特

• I keep my cowhide about, and sometimes I do lay it on; but the exertion is always too much for me. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But it was not so; I was the same in strength, in earnest craving for sympathy, in my yearning for active exertion. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• But in every change goodness and affection can find field for exertion and display. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• This was her favourite work, as it required the least exertion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A few minutes more of silent exertion enabled him to proceed with composure. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Mr. Woodhouse soon followed; and the necessity of exertion made him composed. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The atomspear,' said Wegg, stumping back into the room again, a little reddened by his late exertion, 'is now freer for the purposes of respiration. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• His family knew him to be, on all common occasions, a most negligent and dilatory correspondent; but at such a time they had hoped for exertion. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• The pressmen could thus, by great exertion, perfect the printing, when three presses were used, at the rate of 1,500 an hour. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Too great humidity is enervating, and not conducive to either mental or physical exertion; on the other hand, too dry air is equally harmful. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• By what exertion of industry could Lucy procure them another abode? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I was that energetic person, and I have satisfied myself that by no exertion of my strength can I transfix the pig with a single blow. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I wrote, and this exertion greatly fatigued me; but my convalescence had commenced, and proceeded regularly. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• He smiled back again, but faintly, as if it were an unusual exertion. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Mrs. Dashwood immediately took all that trouble on herself; and Elinor had the benefit of the information without the exertion of seeking it. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• As for my father, his desires and exertions were bounded to the again seeing me restored to health and peace of mind. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I entirely disapprove of your doing anything for him, my dear sir, which is not dependent on his own exertions and good conduct. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It has required my utmost exertions to exist without making the least progress in our business. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• We have no trace of him at present, although our exertions to discover him are unremitted; but they will not restore my beloved William. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Yet, do not confine your exertions to any one spot, noble friends! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• WE had now reached Switzerland, so long the final mark and aim of our exertions. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The navy had been making strenuous exertions to seal the harbor of Wilmington, but with only partial effect. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It cost some exercise of the white truncheon, well seconded by the exertions of the domestics, to silence this canine clamour. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• After various lesser mishaps, Meg was finished at last, and by the united exertions of the entire family Jo's hair was got up and her dress on. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• If the wind had not chanced, in the position I occupied, to set it away from me, my exertions might have ended then and there. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Rivalship and emulation render excellency, even in mean professions, an object of ambition, and frequently occasion the very greatest exertions. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Miller wrote to Whitney on May 11, 1797, The event of the first patent suit, after all our exertions made in such a variety of ways, has gone against us. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Great objects, however, are evidently not necessary, in order to occasion the greatest exertions. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Their exertions did not relax till the doctor arrived, when one by one, the senseless three were taken upstairs and put into warm beds. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It was town-talk for at least three days, and was only kept out of the newspapers by the exertions of Mr. Wagg, acting upon a hint from Mr. Wenham. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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