in an effort to

The company has laid off 150 workers in an effort to save money.

公司为节省资金遣散了150名工作人员。

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Changes were made in operating methods in an effort to increase profitability.

为了提高利润，经营方式上发生了改变。

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Or map out geographic data of sales leads in an effort to better understand their market.

销售人员还可以在地图上绘出潜在客户的位置，从而更好地进行市场分析。

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In an effort to clean up quickly, Mrs. Byrnes tossed all the dishes into a big bread pan, covered them with a cloth and stuck them in the oven.

为快速清洗,伯恩斯太太把所有的盘子都放进一个大面包锅里,用一块布盖住,然后放入烤箱。

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Civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender.

平民受到轰炸,以期压迫该国投降.

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Examine the painful area carefully in an effort to localize the most tender point.

仔细检查痛处，找出最痛的地方来。

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The scandal was hushed up in an effort to save face.

为了不丢人,没有把这一丑闻张扬出去.

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The experiment is based upon the idea that farmers who're protecting their herd from lions would shoot and kill lions in an effort to protect their livestock.

这一实验是基于这样一种想法，即农民为了保护牛群等牲畜免受狮子攻击，会选择射杀狮子。

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Collaborate with other assessors in an effort to better understand the assessment.

与其他评估者合作以更好地理解评估结果.

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Organizers have imposed Olympic "bubbles" in an effort to keep out COVID-19, but medical experts are worried that they might not be completely tight as movement of staff servicing the games can create opportunities for infection.

为防控疫情，主办方已经开启奥运会“气泡防疫模式”，但医学专家担心，奥运会服务人员的流动可能制造感染机会，“防疫气泡”可能做不到完全密封。

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He accused him of knowingly spreading falsehoods in an effort to blacken my character.

他指控他蓄意散布虚假信息以玷污我的人格。

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The burglar menaced Ken with a knife in an effort to escape being caught.

小偷以刀子威吓肯,以免被抓.

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In an effort to look older she has pinned her fair hair into a French pleat.

为了看上去显得成熟一些，她把金发别成了一个法式髻。

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If you slap your face until it's swollen in an effort to look imposing, you'll suffer for sure.

打肿脸充胖子, 吃亏的是自己.

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She stopped smoking in an effort to control weight.

为了控制体重,她戒了烟.

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Penny tended to work through her lunch hour in an effort to keep up with her work

为了把活儿干完，彭妮常常午饭时间也要工作。

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An enragement ring is a piece of jewelry, typically a ring that is purchased for a girlfriend in an effort to make her happy after you have made her angry.

“消气戒指”就是男朋友在惹女友生气后买来给女友让她开心的一件首饰，通常是一个戒指。

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This man drank rather heavily in an effort to come to terms with his own inadequacies.

这个人狂饮一通，努力让自己去接受自身的不完美。

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The cities are bombarded day after day in an evident effort to force their surrender.

那些城市遭到日复一日的炮轰，目的显然是要逼他们投降。

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He accused him of knowingly spreading falsehoods in an effort to blacken my character

他指控他蓄意散布虚假信息以玷污我的人格。

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In an effort to escape, the MiG pilot descended at maximum speed.

米格飞行员驾机以最快速度俯冲,试图逃跑.

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A tall, thin man was waving his arms in an effort to direct the movements of a large removal van

一个身材瘦高的男士正挥舞双臂想指挥一辆大型搬运车行驶。

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In an effort to fulfill his duty as son-in-law , Hung-chien paid occasional visits to the Suns.

鸿 渐 勉尽半子之职, 偶到孙家一去.

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She unhurriedly delivered her speech, in an effort to delay the vote.

这是一个副词，用来形容悠闲自在地做某事。她不慌不忙地发表了演说，试图推迟投票。4Steadily2稳定地

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He finally left home in an effort to counter the tyranny of arranged marriage in the old society.

他弃家出走,是对旧社会婚姻压迫的反动.

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Typically the day is ridden with one-day sales in an effort to accrue3 more revenue than any other day in the Christmas and holiday season.

为获得比圣诞节和假期里任何一天都多的利润，商家通常会在这一天提供单日折扣。

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Systems of this sort are being used in an effort to produce controlled thermonuclear fusion reactions.

这类系统正用于产生受控热核聚变反应的探索.

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They hushed up the scandal in an effort to save face.

他们掩盖了丑闻以图保全面子.

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Doctors were carrying out mass amputations in an effort to save lives.

医生正在实施大量截肢手术以拯救生命.

They attacked furiously in an effort to score a tying goal.

他们猛烈进攻,企图得一分以打成平局.

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