strive
/ˈstɹaɪv/ verbe B2En français : s'efforcer, s'appliquer, combattre
- To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently. · He strove to excel.· We strive for the truth.
- To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest. · to strive against fate
- To vie; to compete as a rival.
Pluriel strive · He/she/it strives · Prétérit strove · Participe passé striven · Forme en -ing striving
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- strive
- He/she/it
- strives
- Prétérit
- strove
- Participe passé
- striven
- Forme en -ing
- striving
Un verbe irrégulier : apprenez par cœur son prétérit et son participe passé.
Dans la bibliothèque
He listened for any sound that might be audible, and every time that he rose to the top of a wave he scanned the horizon, and strove to penetrate the darkness.
A BULL was striving with all his might to squeeze himself through a narrow passage which led to his stall.
Again and again he strove to break away, but I as often headed him off.
I’m striving very hard to overcome it and now that I’m really thirteen perhaps I’ll get on better.”
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