勉miǎnⅠ ❶ （努力） endeavor to; exert oneself; strive: 勤 ～ work hard; 奋 ～ make a determined effort; ～ 尽全力 do one's best; make one's best endeavors
❷ （勉励） encourage; urge: 劝 ～ exhort; persuade sb. to; 自 ～ spur oneself on
❸ （力量不够而尽力做） force oneself to work hard; strive to do onerous work: ～ 为其难 take up a difficult job as best one can Ⅱ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 昂 Mian Ang
◆勉励 encourage; urge; 勉强 manage with an effort; do with difficulty; reluctantly; grudgingly; force sb. to do sth.; inadequate; unconvincing; strained; farfetched; barely enough; 勉为其难 undertake to do a difficult job as best one can; be forced to do a difficult thing; make shift to ...; manage to do a difficult job beyond one's reach; (persuade sb. to) take up an onerous work [task]; make the best of a bad job; contrive with difficulty |