effort 用法, 例句, 詳解

effort 用法 (efforts to do/for doing)

問：In the early 1960’s the Civil Rights movement made great efforts for registering members of minorities to vote.
答案要求將for registering 改為to register 。難道介系詞片語就不能充當形容詞嗎？

答：就作“努力”解的effort 用法而言，介系詞片語也可以充當它的形容詞。例如：

1. His efforts at cleaning up the mystery failed. 他努力解這個謎，但失敗了。
2. We redouble our efforts for Mahan’s release. 為解救馬漢, 我們做了最大的努力。

但是，用動詞不定詞來作efforts 的形容詞，則是最普通的effort 用法：

1. He succeeded in his efforts to overcome his fatal weakness. 他努力克服自身的致命弱點，獲得了成功。
2. They redoubled their efforts to build more storage. 他們竭盡全力來增加庫存。
3. All his life he had devoted to efforts to build world peace.

他已把他的一生奉獻給了世界和平事業。

(參見intention)