力lìⅠ ❶ (力量； 能力) power; strength; ability; capacity: 眼 ～ eyesight; 生命 ～ vitality; 号召 ～ public appeal; 人 ～ manpower; 财 ～ financial power; 物 ～ material resources; 创造 ～ creativity
❷ {物} （改变物体运动状态的作用） force; energy; power: 磁 ～ magnetic force; 张 ～ tension; 水 ～ hydraulic power; 离心 ～ centrifugal force
❸ （专指体力） physical strength: 膂 ～ 过人 physically stronger than other people; 大 ～ 士 a man of great strength; beef; 筋疲 ～ 尽 utterly exhausted
❹ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 广 Li Guang Ⅱ (尽力； 竭力) energetically; strenuously; vigorously: ～ 谏 try all one can to remonstrate; ～ 求上进 strive vigorously to improve oneself [to do better]; ～ 争上游 endeavor to gain the upper hand Ⅲ (努力； 尽力) do all one can; make every effort: 办事不 ～ not do one's best in one's work; not pull one's weight
◆力巴[方] not adept; awkward; clumsy; layman; 力臂 {物} arm; arm of force; tension arm; 力避 try one's best to avoid or evade; 力不从心 One's strength does not match one's ambitions.; ability falling short of one's wishes; ability not equal to one's ambition; be unable to do as well as one would wish; bite off more than one can chew; far exceed one's power; 力场 field of force; force-field; 力大如牛 as powcrful as an ox; be as robust as a bull; with the strength of a bull; 力竭声嘶 exhausted from effort; One's voice is [becomes] hoarse from weariness.; with voice hoarse and not an ounce of strength left; 力戒 strictly avoid; do everything possible to avoid; guard against; 力矩 {力} force moment; moment; moment of force; torque; 力量 physical strength; ability; power; force; strength; leverage; 力偶 {力} couple; couple of forces; force couple; 力排众议 do one's utmost to hold one's own opinion against that of the majority; hold one's ground; override all objections prevail over all dissenting views; refute the consensus and present a new plan [idea]; reject strongly different opinions; stand one's ground; prevail over all dissenting views; denounce the majority opinion; 力气 physical strength; effort; 力求 make every effort to; do one' best to; strive to; 力所不及 beyond one's strength [ability]; be beyond [out of] one's depth; be beyond [out of] one's power; put a quart in pint pot; 力所能及 do everything in one's power; as one's capacity allows; in one's power; the best of one's power; 力图 try hard to; strive to; {力} forced diagram; 力挽狂澜 turn back the powers of darkness; do one's utmost to stem a raging tide [save a desperate situation]; make vigorous efforts to turn the tide; 力线 {物} flux line; line of flux; line of force; force line; 力行 try hard to practise; 力学 mechanics; 力战 fight hard; 力争 work hard for; do all one can to; argue strongly; contend vigorously; 力争上游 aim high; strive for the best; endeavour to gain the upper hand; strive for the first place; strive for the upper reaches of a stream |