effortとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɛfət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛfɚt/

名詞

effort (複数形 efforts)

1. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.

   It took a lot of effort to find a decent-sized, fully-furnished apartment within walking distance of the office.   He made a conscious effort to not appear affected by the stories in the paper.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:

     The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.

   • 2011 June 22, Press Association, “Manchester United offer Park Ji-sung a new two-year contract”, in The Guardian:

     The 30-year-old South Korean, who joined United in 2005, retired from international duty after last season's Asian Cup in an effort to prolong his club

   • 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:

     Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.

2. An endeavor.

   Although he didn't win any medals, Johnson's effort at the Olympics won over many fans.

   • 2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:

     But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.

3. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
   • 1858, Macquorn Rankine, Manual of Applied Mechanics:

     the two bodies between which the effort acts

Collocations

同意語

• struggle

派生語

動詞

effort (三人称単数 現在形 efforts, 現在分詞 efforting, 過去形および過去分詞形 efforted)

1. (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To strengthen, fortify or stimulate
   • 1684, Thomas Fuller, G. S., Anglorum Speculum: Or The Worthies of England, in Church and State‎^[1]:

     When old, he lived in London where, being High-minded and Poor, he was exposed to the contempt of disingenuous persons. Yet he efforted his Spirits with a Commemoration of the Days of Old.