Emma frowned, making an effort to compose herself.

埃玛皱起了眉头，努力使自己镇定下来。

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Cohen was making an effort to present a kinder, gentler image.

科恩在努力表现出一副更和善、更温柔的形象。

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The company has laid off 150 workers in an effort to save money.

公司为节省资金遣散了150名工作人员。

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had no legal basis for an effort to keep Comcast from limiting access to some services over its network.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

In particular, the daily burnt offerings sacrificed by the priests twice each day, and emitting this pleasing odor: these were an effort to attract the deity.

尤其是每天两次的烧祭品,散发出美妙的气味：,这些都是为了吸引神灵的注意。

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What it was was in many ways an effort to bring the Bank of England to the United States.

从很多角度来说，它是个,将英格兰银行,引入美国的努力。

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No doubt in an effort to find Mary Bell, who of course I telephoned many times.

BBC: April: Gitta Sereny

In World War II, there was actually an effort to draft nurses had we invaded Japan.

NPR: Women in Combat: Rules and Reality

The Open Data Initiative, an effort to make government data machine-readable and accessible to all citizens.

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