I don't get lonely now because I make the effort to see people.

我现在不寂寞了，因为我尽力与人接触。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

It's worthwhile to make the effort.

努力是值得的。

youdao

There is nothing to guarantee that everybody is willing to make the effort; there is no assurance that the learner will have any adequate return for his toil.

没有什么可以保证每个人都愿意付出努力；学生的辛苦学习是否能得到适当的回报，这是没有把握的。

youdao

He says knowing which areas of the system are going to cause future problems will make the effort worthwhile, even if the goal of fifteen million is not reached.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

Well a number of you have spent this past week playing with this particular tool which is a project the course has been working on for some time in an effort to make it easier and more social to actually shop for courses.

在过去的一周里,已经有一部分人开始使用这种特殊的工具了,这门课程一直在致力于这一工具的开发,目的是为了让课程变的更简单,选课更人性化。

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If you are like me, too difficult about getting places on time, you have to make an extra effort the way I do, and arrive on time.

如果你们像我一样，容易迟到，你们就要像我一样努把力，要准时上课。

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When we argue with him we demand that he make the effort of replying.

NEWYORKER: The Lie Factory

But strangely, despite its iconic status, few foreigners make the effort to visit it today.

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The best prices are still offered to customers who make the effort to find and clip coupons.

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