endeavour
英 [ɪn'devə; en-]
美
- n. 最善を尽くす、努力する
- vt.しようと努力する、（何かを）しようと努力する。
- vi. 努力する、試みる
英語の語源
- endeavour
- endeavour: [14] Despite its plausible appearance, endeavour is not a borrowing from French or Latin but a purely English creation. It was coined from the Middle English phrase put in dever, which was a partial translation of Old French mettre en deveir, literally ‘put in duty’, hence ‘make it one’s duty to do something’ (deveir, ancestor of modern French devoir ‘duty’, came ultimately from Latin dēbēre ‘owe’, source of English debit and debt). In the 14th century the last two words were joined together to form the verb endeavour ‘make an effort’.
=> debit, debt - endeavour
- chiefly British English spelling of endeavor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or. Related: Endeavoured; endeavoring; endeavours. The U.S. space shuttle was spelled this way because it was named for the HMS Endeavour, Capt. Cook's ship.
例文
- 1. Two members of Endeavour 's crew will suit up for a space walk.「エンデバー」号の2人の宇宙飛行士が宇宙服を着て宇宙を歩く。
- 2.I will endeavour to arrange it.
- 私はできるだけ手配します。
- 3.Please make every endeavour to arrive on time.
- 全力で時間通りに到着してください。
- 4.She made a 1：5 scale replica of Captain Cook 's ship，'The Endeavour '.
- 彼女は1：5のクック船長のエンデバー号のレプリカを作った。
- 5.Governments should endeavour to mitigate distress.
- 政府は貧困問題の緩和に努力すべきである。
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