1、struggle
奋力;努力;尽力
They had to struggle against all kinds of adversity.
他们不得不同一切困境做斗争。
Those who have lost their jobs struggle to pay their supermarket bills.
那些失业的人们想方设法以支付超市的账单。
斗争;奋斗;努力
Life became a struggle for survival.
生活成了一场奋力求生的斗争。
a young lad's struggle to support his poverty-stricken family.
年轻的小伙子为了支撑他贫困的家庭所作的努力
搏斗;扭打
She screamed at him to 'stop it' as they struggled on the ground.
他们在地上扭打成一团,她向他尖叫着“别打了”。
We were struggling for the gun when it went off!
我们正在争夺那把枪,这时它突然走火了!
2、measure
衡量;估量;评估;判定
I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office.
我继续比照医生办公室里的图表来判断他病情的发展。
A grammar school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university.
一所文法学校成功与否是以考上大学的学生人数为衡量依据的。
测量;度量;计量
Measure the length and width of the gap.
测量一下这条缝隙的长与宽。
He measured the speed at which ultrasonic waves travel along the bone.
他测出了超声波穿过骨头的速度。
距离(或长度、宽度、数量等)为…
The house is more than twenty metres long and measures six metres in width.
这座房子长20多米,宽6米。
This hand-decorated plate measures 30cm across.
这只手工绘制的盘子直径为30厘米。