effort學測 L2KK [ˈɛfɚt]/ˈɛfɚt/
努力;心力·努力嘗試;用功·行動;運動·了不起的成果
教科書必考字,搭配動詞常寫錯
She wasn't the fastest runner, but she won the race with great effort.

她不是跑最快的選手,但她靠很大的努力贏得了比賽。

effort 幾乎只搭配 make 或 put in,很少跟 do 連用,是常見動詞誤用。

一個畫面:咬牙使勁推

咬牙使力肌肉繃緊,硬撐做完一件事
眾人合推多人同時使勁朝目標前進
推出成果使勁過後終於推出的成品

義項

咬牙出力B1noun努力;心力
He put a lot of effort into planning his sister's surprise birthday party.
他花了很多心力籌劃妹妹的驚喜生日派對。
put effort intoa lot of effort
決心一試B1noun努力嘗試;用功
Jessie made a real effort to finish her homework before dinner.
Jessie 認真努力想在晚餐前寫完作業。
make an efforta real effort
全班合力B1noun行動;運動
The whole class joined the effort to clean up the school garden.
全班都加入了整理校園花園的行動。
join the efforta team effort
成果亮眼B1noun了不起的成果
Her science project was a great effort, and everyone praised it.
她的科展作品是很了不起的成果,大家都稱讚她。
quite an efforta great effort

片語

make an effort咬牙一試 →特意努力去做某事
team effort眾志成城 →大家同心協力完成
worth the effort值得拚了 →辛苦付出後很值得
in an effort to為了達成 →為了達成某個目標

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She put a lot of ___ into her project. (effort / efforts)

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effort

effort 表示努力的心力時通常不加 s,與 a lot of 搭配用單數。

'The whole class joined the effort to clean up the school garden.' 這裡的 effort 最接近哪個意思?(A) 心力 (B) 集體行動 (C) 了不起的成果

看答案

(B)

此句描述眾人為同一目標一起行動,對應「行動;運動」義項。

字族

effortless 不費力的;輕鬆的

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