be an effortTRY TO DO OR GET somethingto be difficult or painful to do 是费力的事;是痛苦的事 I was so weak that even standing up was an effort. 我虚弱得连站起来都很费力。
be an effort• Congress's effort to ban indecent materials on the Internet comes to the court March 19.• I was so weak that even standing up was an effort.• There will be efforts at the maintenance of the house or apartment, but not much interest in improvement of housing level.
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