efforts
If you make an effort to do something, you try very hard to do it.
He made no effort to hide his disappointment.
他毫不隐瞒自己的失望。
Finding a cure requires considerable time and effort.
找到一种治愈方法需要大量的时间和努力。
Medical schools must make an effort to enrol promising students from minority ethnic groups.
在招收有潜力的少数民族学生方面,医学院必须加以努力。
Despite the efforts of the United Nations, the problem of drug traffic continues to grow.
尽管联合国在控制毒品走私上做出了努力,但这个问题依然在持续加重。
If you say that someone did something with effort or with an effort, you mean it was difficult for them to do.
She took a deep breath and sat up slowly and with great effort.
她深吸一口气,慢慢地、吃力地坐了起来。
An effort is a particular series of activities that is organized by a group of people in order to achieve something.
a famine relief effort in Angola.
一项在安哥拉的饥荒救援活动。
make the effort
If you make the effort to do something, you do it, even though you need extra energy to do it or you do not really want to.
I don't get lonely now because I make the effort to see people.
我现在不觉得寂寞了,因为我努力与人接触。