endeavour: [14] Despite its plausible appearance, endeavour is not a borrowing from French or Latin but a purely English creation. It was coined from the Middle English phrase put in dever, which was a partial translation of Old French mettre en deveir, literally ‘put in duty’, hence ‘make it one’s duty to do something’ (deveir, ancestor of modern French devoir ‘duty’, came ultimately from Latin dēbēre ‘owe’, source of English debit and debt). In the 14th century the last two words were joined together to form the verb endeavour ‘make an effort’. => debit, debt
endeavour
chiefly British English spelling of endeavor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or. Related: Endeavoured; endeavoring; endeavours. The U.S. space shuttle was spelled this way because it was named for the HMS Endeavour, Capt. Cook's ship.
雙語例句
1. Two members of Endeavour's crew will suit up for a space walk.
“奮進(jìn)”號(hào)的兩名宇航員將穿上太空服進(jìn)行太空行走。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I will endeavour to arrange it.
我會(huì)盡力安排。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Please make every endeavour to arrive on time.
請盡全力按時(shí)到達(dá)。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. She made a 1:5 scale replica of Captain Cook's ship,'The Endeavour '.
她制作了一個(gè)比例為1:5的庫克船長的 “ 奮進(jìn)”號(hào)的復(fù)制品.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Governments should endeavour to mitigate distress.