My affections are wounded; it is impossible to heal them:--cease then the vain endeavour, if indeed that way your endeavours tend. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
The teachers, animated solely by good intentions, had no idea of execution, and a lamentable jumble was the upshot of their kind endeavours. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
I do my endeavours in my line of life, sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
These discoveries were made by Scheele in his endeavours to find in light the source of phlogiston--that _ignis fatuus_ of the chemists of the last century. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
Every man endeavours to supply, by his own industry, his own occasional wants, as they occur. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
I related my adventures of the night, my endeavours to find our lost one, and my disappointment. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
Each turns her towards his companion, or endeavours to intercept her when his companion turns her towards himself. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Emma laughed, and replied: But I had the assistance of all your endeavours to counteract the indulgence of other people. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
I sought to improve her manners and ameliorate her general tone; she (supported in this likewise by her relations) resented my endeavours. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
I endeavoured therefore to sooth and soften her mind; and it was not until after many endeavours that I gave up the task as impracticable. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
In spite of my endeavours I was obliged to hear a great deal. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
I will do my endeavours, sir,' replied Mr. Bumble. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
But when we consider his labours in the harvest, which is the end of his endeavours, we shall find the worth and plentiful increase of his actions. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
For the same reason, he endeavours to supply them with the best machinery which either he or they can think of. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
He endeavours to fill me with hope; and talks as if life were a possession which he valued. 玛丽·雪莱.弗兰肯斯坦.
My endeavours were directed towards urging them to their usual attention to their crops, and to the acting as if pestilence did not exist. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
To reclaim this short fibre and secure the seed in condition for use, have been the endeavours of many inventors during the last twenty years. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Montesquieu, who was himself a judge, endeavours to impress other maxims. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
I think he had purposed on that day to indicate the origin of his endeavours, and the aim of his ambition. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
It is in such countries, therefore, that he generally endeavours to accumulate a treasure, as the only resource against such emergencies. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
It is a point of great delicacy, and you must assist us in our endeavours to choose exactly the right line of conduct. 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
Artichoke professes his readiness so to do, endeavours to do so, but fails. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
At present it seemed to her as if all subjects tended towards Mr. Thornton; as if she could not forget him with all her endeavours. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
The dying ashes have no light to spare, and his endeavours are vain. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
He endeavours to buy them up when he foresees that their price is likely to rise, and to sell them when it is likely to fall. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
A person, that has lost a leg or an arm by amputation, endeavours for a long time afterwards to serve himself with them. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
Margaret's face, in spite of all her endeavours to keep it simply listening in its expression told the sensitive Mrs. Thornton this feeling of hers. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
Power therefore was the aim of all his endeavours; aggrandizement the mark at which he for ever shot. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
And do they use their best endeavours to maintain themselves, and lighten our shoulders of this burden! 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
The captain, a wise man, after many endeavours to catch me tripping in some part of my story, at last began to have a better opinion of my veracity. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.