“努力做某事”可以怎么说？地道写作表达积累

【写作提升】“努力做某事”可以怎么说？地道写作表达积累

一谈到“努力做某事”，很多同学只能想到try to do sth。那么除了try to do sth，我们还可以用哪些表达呢？

1. strive to do sth

我们联系工作话题造个句：

Many people strive to strike a good balance between work and life, but few of them achieve it.

许多人努力实现工作与生活的平衡，但很少有人实现。

我们再联系近视话题造个句：

Over the past few decades, the world, especially East Asia, has seen a stunning rise in the rate of short-sightedness. And a growing body of evidence has suggested that the main underlying reason for this is the fact that children spend large parts of the day indoors. Therefore, to prevent more children from suffering from myopia, parents and schools should strive to encourage them to engage in outdoor activities more frequently.

在过去的几十年里，世界各国尤其是东亚地区的近视率以惊人的速度增长。越来越多的证据表明，造成这一现象的主要原因是孩子们大部分时间都呆在室内。因此，为了防止更多的学生近视，家长和学校应当努力鼓励学生多参与户外活动。

2. make an effort to do sth / make efforts to do sth

比如：

Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment — including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line — Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer.

尽管多家快时尚公司已经努力地去控制他们对劳工和环境的影响——包括H&M公司，它推出了“绿色环保”系列产品——克莱恩认为只有消费者才能带来持久性的改变。

我们还可以在effort前面加上不同的形容词，举几个常见的搭配：

（1）make a great effort to do sth 表示“非常努力做某事”。

比如《经济学人》一篇关于苹果手机的文章有这样一句话：

It has made a great effort to make ad blockers easy for users to install, for example.

例如，苹果费了很大的劲让自己的用户更便于安装广告拦截器。

（2）make concerted efforts to do sth / take concerted action to do sth 表示“同心协力做某事”。concert作名词，是“音乐会”的意思，音乐会往往是由多人演奏的，因此concerted efforts / action“共同的努力、一致的行动”。

比如CRI 2020年5月一篇关于英国疫情的文章有这样一句话：

He also calls on the whole country to unite and make concerted efforts to face the challenges brought by the outbreak.

他还呼吁全国团结一致，共同努力应对疫情带来的挑战。

我们也可以说engage in a concerted effort to do sth，比如《纽约时报》一篇关于埃博拉病毒的文章有这样一句话：

After all, they themselves engaged in a concerted effort to politically weaponize the 2014 Ebola outbreak against Barack Obama, whose response was in reality smart and effective.

毕竟，他们亲自合力将2014年埃博拉疫情作为针对贝拉克·奥巴马的政治武器，实际上奥巴马应对是明智而有效的。

比如谈到富国应不应该帮助穷国，我们可以说：

The richer countries of the world should make concerted efforts to / take concerted action to help the poorer countries.

世界上较富有的国家应该共同行动起来帮助较贫困的国家。

3. spare no effort to do sth

spare no effort to do sth / spare no effort in doing sth 是一个惯用词组，表示“不遗余力做某事”(If you spare no effort in doing something, you do it as well as possible, without worrying about the amount of work involved)。

比如《经济学人》一篇关于世界经济的文章有这样一句话：

A few days later leaders of the G20 countries promised to spare no effort to protect lives and livelihoods.

几天之后后，G20成员国的领导人们承诺将不遗余力地保护人们的生命和生计。

我们联系疫情造个句：

In the past three years, governments have spared no effort to increase the vaccination rates.

在过去的三年，各国政府在不遗余力地提高疫苗接种率。

我们还可以物为主语，写作：No effort should be spared to do sth.“我们应不遗余力做某事。”举个例子：

No effort should be spared to promote gender equality and empower women.

我们应当不遗余力地推动性别平等，并为女性赋能。

4. go to great lengths to do sth

go to great lengths to do sth是一个惯用词组，表示“不遗余力做某事，竭尽全力做某事”。这个词程度比较重，有一丝“为达目的不择手段”的意味。形容词great也可替换为extreme, unusual等等。我们来看几个外刊例句，大家体会一下。

Sixth Tone一篇关于饭圈的文章有这样一句话：

China’s fan circles, or fanquan, are highly organized groups that will go to great lengths to support their idol, from doing charity work in their name to waging digital war on social media to boost their ranking.

中国的饭圈是高度组织化的团体，他们会不遗余力地支持他们的爱豆，无论是以爱豆的名义做慈善，还是在社交媒体上为爱豆应援打榜。

《纽约时报》一篇关于离婚冷静期的文章有这样一句话：

For many, the rush to get divorced before the rule took effect meant that in cities like Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, residents sometimes had to wait up to a month for an appointment. Some described going to unusual lengths to beat the crowd.

在新规生效之前，人们争相离婚，这意味着在上海、广州和深圳等城市，很多人有时要为预约等上一个月。有些人说，为了抢在其他人前面，他们只好使出各种办法。

《华尔街日报》在报道上海疫情时，也用到过这个短语：

Among those living in residential compounds that allow deliveries, many have had to go to extreme lengths to arrange private food purchases.

在允许送货的小区里，许多人不得不费尽心思，才能私下买到食物。

我们联系教育话题造个句：

Many parents go to great lengths to get their children into prestigious schools.

很多父母费尽心思将孩子送进名校。

我们再联系就业话题造个句：

With job prospects dimming, hundreds of thousands of graduates go to great lengths to land a civil-service job.

随着工作前景黯淡，数十万毕业生费尽心思考上公务员。

5. bend over backwards to do sth

bend为动词，有“弯曲，弯腰”的意思；bend over backwards to do sth现在常用来喻指“尽力做某事，竭力做某事”(to try very hard to be helpful)。这个词一般用于描述超出本分地、竭尽全力地去帮助某人，有点字面上“卑躬屈膝”的意思。

比如《金融时报》一篇关于美国精英体制的文章有这样一句话：

If you endow a library, or a medical lab, the university will bend over backwards to admit your child.

如果你给一所大学捐一座图书馆或一个医学实验室，该大学将竭尽全力录取你的孩子。

6. apply oneself

apply oneself (to sth / to doing sth)把自己用在……上，表示“努力学习，勤奋工作”( to work at sth or study sth very hard)。比如：

You would pass your exams if you applied yourself.

努力学习就会通过考试。

比如《经济学人》一篇关于印度污染的文章有这样一句话：

That is a pity, because when India does apply itself to ambitious goals, it often achieves them.

这令人遗憾，因为印度只要致力于雄心勃勃的目标，就往往能够实现。

【“努力做某事”总结】

ü 地道短语

strive to do sth / strive for sth

make an effort to do sth / make efforts to do sth

spare no effort to do sth / spare no effort in sth

go to great lengths to do sth

bend over backwards to do sth

apply oneself (to sth)

同学们注意仔细阅读上述讲解里的英文解释和例句，体会不同短语的不同程度。