| 单词 | strenuously |
| 释义 | strenuously (once / 2534 pages) adv When you do something strenuously, you work really hard at it. After working strenuously on your neighbor's farm all day, you'll be exhausted and ready for a break. The adverb strenuously is good for describing activities or actions that require hard work. You can play strenuously during your high school football team's final game, working up a sweat, or you can argue strenuously during a debate. In either case, what you're doing is seriously demanding. The Latin root is strenuus, which means "active, vigorous, or keen." WORD FAMILYstrenuous: strenuosity, strenuously, strenuousness+/distrain: distrained, distraining, distrains/overstrain: overstrained, overstraining, overstrains/strain: distrain, overstrain, strained, strainer, straining, strains, strenuous, unstrain/strained: strainedest, strainedly/strainer: strainers/straining: strainingly, strainings/strenuosity: strenuosities/unstrain: unstrained, unstraining/unstrained: unstrainedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe comedian said pro-life advocates strenuously point to heartbeats in developing children because it is “the only thing that is remotely person-like” at six weeks. Washington Times(Dec 13, 2016) The president-elect finds himself in a bind after strenuously rejecting for months all assertions that Russia was working to help him. New York Times(Dec 10, 2016) MGM executives strenuously opposed federal recognition for the Pamunkey, a tiny tribe east of Richmond that claims Pocahontas as an ancestor. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) adv in a strenuous manner; strongly or vigorously he objected strenuously to the stand his party was taking |
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