exerting vt. 运用,发挥;施以影响(exert 的现在分词)
- He denies exerting any political influence over them.
他否认曾向他们施加过政治影响。 - Bob's parents have been exerting pressure on him to give up his job.
鲍勃的父母一直向他施加压力,要他放弃现在的工作。 - She was so hot and uncomfortable that she only climbed by exerting all her strength.
她又热又不舒服,只有用尽全身力气才能爬上去。
Exert \Ex*ert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exerted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Exerting}.] [L. exertus, exsertus, p. p. of exerere,
exserere, to thrust out; ex out + serere to join or bind
together. See {Series}, and cf. {Exsert}.]
1. To thrust forth; to emit; to push out. [Obs.]
So from the seas exerts his radiant head
The star by whom the lights of heaven are led.
--Dryden.
2. To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an
active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into
active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body,
limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the
voice.
3. To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to
bring to bear; to do or perform.
When we will has exerted an act of command on any
faculty of the soul or member of the body. --South.
{To exert one's self}, to use efforts or endeavors; to
strive; to make an attempt.