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。

She wrapped a handkerchief around her bleeding palm in an effort to protect it.

她用手帕包扎她那流血的手掌来保护它。

Penny tended to work through her lunch hour in an effort to keep up with her work.

为了努力跟上工作进度，彭妮往往午饭时间也在工作。

Airports continue to diversify their role in an effort to generate income.

机场继续让它们的作用变得多样化，以努力创造收入。

Without another word, he swam swiftly away in an effort to reach land as soon as possible.

他二话不说，飞快地游开，试图尽快上岸。

Only a tiny fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy.

只有一小部分美国人为了保护自己的隐私而去改变自己的行为。

Under this scheme, the number of individual working hours is reduced in an effort to avoid layoffs.

按照这项政策，减少个人工时来避免裁员。

During Phase II, from January to February 1991, a number of approaches were implemented in an effort to improve mobility and access to transport.

在1991年一月至二月的第二阶段期间，（研究人员）用了很多方法，试图提高移动性并且改进交通工具的利用情况。

In an effort to spread awareness to teens across the nation, the Allstate Foundation sponsored a Keep The Drive Summit at Sunset Station on January 23rd.

为了向全国青少年传播这种意识，好事达基金会于1月23日在日落站发起了一次“保持动力”峰会。

In an effort to enhance this common identity, larger colleges and universities frequently build their class reunions on participation in smaller units, such as departments or schools.

为了加强这一共同特征，较大的学院和大学经常在较小的单位，如系或学校的参与下举办班级聚会。

On the contrary, since the people most likely to donate are those who have donated in the past, good fund-raisers constantly try less-likely prospects in an effort to expand the donor base.

相反，由于最有可能捐款的人是那些过去捐过款的人，优秀的募捐者会不断尝试那些不太可能捐款的人，以努力扩大捐款者的基础。

The scandal was hushed up in an effort to save face.

为了不丢人，没有把这一丑闻张扬出去。

In an effort to stay alert, she drank several cups of coffee.

在努力保持警醒的过程中，她喝了几杯咖啡。

In an effort to educate entrepreneurs, Kitch debunks these 11 myths.

为了试图教育这些企业主，Kitch揭露了这11条迷信。

Doctors were carrying out mass amputations in an effort to save lives.

医生正在实施大量截肢手术以拯救生命。

Sometimes in an effort to find ourselves we actually become a clone of others.

有时候我们努力地去寻找我们自己，而事实上我们已经变成了别人的复制品。

Some retailers have even given gift cards away in an effort to drum up business.

一些零售商为了招揽更多的生意，甚至赠送礼卡。

Microsoft has been adjusting its pricing models in an effort to discourage piracy.

微软已经调整了产品的定价模式来抑制盗版的泛滥。

Many firms have tracked energy consumption for some time in an effort to save money.

许多公司努力想在一些时间段省钱，已经开始段跟踪（记录）能源消耗了。

Omitting dependencies in an effort to "optimize" the build is another common mistake.

以“优化”的名义忽略任务的从属关系是另一种常见的错误。

Workers have been pumping sea water into reactors in an effort to prevent further damage.

工人尽力给反应器注入海水以避免进一步的损失。

Europe's foreign ministers met this week in an effort to devise a common approach to Iran.

本周，欧洲的外长们会面讨论制定一个共同应对伊朗的措施。

In 2005, Chile launched an international country branding campaign in an effort to change that.

2005年，智利启动了一场国际性的品牌维护运动，试图要改变这一现状。

We have, and will continue to take resolute steps in an effort to turn the situation around.

我们已经并且继续采取果断的措施，努力扭转这个局面。

It could even have been deliberately modified in an effort to subvert your program's security.

它甚至可能已经被故意更改过以破坏程序的安全性。

In other words, wealthy people, in an effort to alleviate penury, would create a savings bank.

换句话说，富人们要扶危济困，便建立了储蓄银行。

We tend to dwell on negative events from our past in an effort to understand why they happened.

我们常常会细想我们过去的那些消极事件，努力去理解它们发生的原委。

Others claim he received a degree in civil engineering, in an effort to join the family business.

另一些人则声称他取得的是土木工程学位，为了加入家族事业。