struggle

• vi. 奮鬥，努力；掙紮
• n. 努力，奮鬥；競爭
• vt. 使勁移動；盡力使得

來自中古英語 struglen,努力，鬥爭，進一步詞源不詳，可能與 strive 有詞源上的聯係。-le, 表反複。

struggle (v.)

late 14c., of uncertain origin, probably a frequentative form (compare trample, scuffle), of uncertain origin. Skeat suggests Old Norse strugr "ill will;" others suggest a connection to Dutch struikelen, German straucheln "to stumble." Related: Struggled; struggling.

struggle (n.)

1690s, from struggle (v.).

1. How many letters are there in the word'struggle " ?

struggle 這個單詞有多少個字母?

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. It's a constant struggle to try to keep them up to par.

要讓他們達標，需要不斷努力。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Curiously, the struggle to survive has greatly improved her health.

奇怪的是，她拚命求生的抗爭使得她的健康狀況大有好轉。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He grandly declared that "international politics is a struggle for power".

他一本正經地宣稱“國際政治是一場權力之爭”。

來自柯林斯例句

5. This age-old struggle for control had led to untold bloody wars.

這場由來已久的對控製權的爭奪已經引發了無數流血的戰爭。

來自柯林斯例句