She strove to perform all her wifely functions perfectly.

她努力做一个完美的贤妻。

She shunned bodily ornamentation and strove to use only the natural movements of her body, undistorted by acrobatic exaggeration and stimulated only by internal compulsion.

她避开身体上的装饰，努力只使用身体的自然动作，不被杂技般的夸张所扭曲，只被内心的强迫所刺激。

She strove mightily to put Mike from her thoughts.

她拼命地想忘却迈克。

He strove to make himself understood.

他尽力让别人理解他的意思。

She strove to hold back her tears.

她强忍住， 没让眼泪流出来。

He still, still strove.

的他依然，依然奋斗。

I strove to understand.

我努力去理解。

She strove to read the name on the stone pillar.

她费劲地读着石柱上的名字。

All these blind men strove to be the first to answer.

几个盲人都争先恐后地回答。

He strove to stir himself and find something to interest him.

他努力让自己活动活动，想找点能引起他兴趣的东西。

And in other country, strove for the support of each estate.

而在其他国家，则争取了各个阶层的支持。

Liza giggled triumphantly, and the little ones strove to emulate her.

莉莎得意地“哧哧”笑起来，那些小的也不甘落后。

In her life, she always strove for a balance between family and career.

在她的一生中，她总是力图寻求一个家庭和事业的平衡点。

It used to be that Chinese graduates strove to join Western multinationals.

过去，中国毕业生力求进入西方跨国公司。

When I received criticism that my posts weren’t as good as they could be, I strove to improve.

当我收到批判说我的博文本可以写得更好时，我努力去改进。

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

因此，犹太人彼此争论说，这个人怎能把他的肉，给我们吃呢。

We strove to create a building that expressed itself simply, with clear divisions of materials and colors.

我们努力创建能表现自身的极简建筑，有明确区分的材料和颜色。

At night in my bedroom and by day in the classroom her image came between me and the page I strove to read.

从黑夜到白天，从寝室到教室，浮现在我和乏味的书页之间的无不是她的身影。

As a philosopher and scientist, da Vinci strove to understand what he observed in his close studies of nature.

作为一个哲学家和科学家，达芬奇力求去理解他所观察到研究到的自然。

I've had many a laugh at her perplexities and untold troubles, which she vainly strove to hide from my mockery.

我总笑她那些困惑和说不出口的烦恼，我的嘲笑她可是躲不过的哩。

He referred to jazz as "African-American classical music," and strove to convey the black experience in America.

他称爵士乐是“非裔美国人的古典音乐”，并且为宣传美国黑人的经历而坚持不懈地努力着。

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

这水名叫米利巴水(米利巴就是争闹的意思)，是因以色列人向耶和华争闹，耶和华就在他们面前显为圣。

Was this not what the artists of stained glass in the Gothic cathedrals strove to achieve, only in a different way?

难道这不是哥特式教堂里色彩玻璃画窗艺术家们以各种不同的艺术手法孜孜以求的效果吗？

Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

但以理说，我夜里见异象，看见天的四风陡起，刮在大海之上。

It is a consolation to know that the successor surely carry on the cause for which he strove so faithfully all his life.

了解到他的继承人一定会把他终身为之奋斗不渝的事业继承下来，这是件令人快慰的事情。

At the same time, Jacques Lacan strove to disentangle psychoanalysis from all its psychological and normative tendencies.

与其同时，拉康试图将精神分析学从其心理学以及规范化趋势中解放出来。