And Russia,the U.S.partner on strategic arms reduction and in the effort to convince Iran not to develop nuclear weapons, has not been at all happy about that.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

We just take it for granted that what we're reading is completely within our own horizon and we don't make any effort at all to understand that which is fundamentally or at least in some ways different.

我们想当然地认为,我们读的东西都在自己的视域之中,并不必花费什么精力,去理解那些基本上不同或有些不同的东西。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

That leads all of us to put in too little effort.

这会导致大家都减少付出

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Britain's new cabinet agreed to cut the pay of all ministers by five percent, the first step in what is to be a major effort to cut Britain's national deficit.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

But we will also introduce towards the end of this semester in an effort to really make it okay to stay up all night, will be the first ever CS50 hack-a-thon.

但是，在这个学期末的时候,我们还会举办第一届CS50课程的Hackathon活动，你们可能还得熬夜才能完成它。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

General Motors says it will lay off nearly 50,000 employees this year and that it plans to close five assembly plants, eliminate thousands of dealerships and reduce the number of its brands from eight to four - all in an effort to stay afloat.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

So we thought that it's timely, especially that this year, there was a great effort by UNAIDS invested in the region to ensure that all the countries will actually report and live up to their commitments made to the 2001 Declaration in the U.N.General Assembly Special Session on HIV.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07