striven [
'strɪvn.]
strive的过去分词
Strive \Strive\, v. i. [imp. {Strove}; p. p. {Striven}(Rarely,
{Strove}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striving}.] [OF. estriver; of
Teutonic origin, and akin to G. streben, D. streven, Dan.
str[ae]be, Sw. str["a]fva. Cf. {Strife}.]
1. To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with
earnestness; to labor hard.
Was for this his ambition strove
To equal C[ae]sar first, and after, Jove? --Cowley.
2. To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute;
to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with
before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against
temptation; strive for the truth. --Chaucer.
My Spirit shall not always strive with man. --Gen.
vi. 3.
Why dost thou strive against him? --Job xxxiii.
13.
Now private pity strove with public hate,
Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. --Denham.
3. To vie; to compete; to be a rival. --Chaucer.
[Not] that sweet grove
Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired
Castalian spring, might with this paradise
Of Eden strive. --Milton.
Syn: To contend; vie; struggle; endeavor; aim.
Striven \Striv"en\,
p. p. of {Strive}.
- Instead, he has striven to wreck it.
- For the past year, he has striven to make the fried chicken restaurants more aesthetically pleasing than the typical gaudy fast-food outlet.
- Under current leader Deng Xiaoping, however, the PLA has striven to shed its political side, and concentrate on becoming a modern fighting force.
- Management has long believed that the long-term interests are better served by Irving Bank remaining independent to continue the tradition of growth and quality banking that all the staff has striven to achieve."