strove

• His hands strove frantically to release the spare wheel .
  他的手使尽力气要把那只备用轮胎取下来。
• Murcertach strove valiantly to meet the new order of things .
  面对这个新事态，默克塔克英勇奋斗。
• The german is all feeling, all faustian striving .
  那德国人爱感情用事，爱象浮士德那样不断地追求。
• They strive to retain access to the resources that make company tick .
  他们设法获取公司赖以运转的资源。
• He strove to speak, but caught his breath, stammering .
  他拼命想开口讲话，可是期期艾艾地只打了一个寒噤。
• At last she saw that what she had striven for was unattainable .
  她终于看出，她奋力以求的东西不可能获得。
• He had not been brought up to strive with men, but with words .
  他从小受到的教育是和文字打交道，不是和人打交道。
• All organic beings are striving to seize on each place in the economy of nature .
  一切生物都争取自然机体中的地位。
• They were striving toward a new verse form and new artistic standards .
  他们正为一种新的诗歌形式和新的艺术标准而奋斗。