0 to try very hard to do something or to make something happen, especially for a long time or against difficulties -- （尤指長期或不畏艱難地）努力，奮鬥，力爭
[ + to infinitive ] Mr Roe has kindled expectations that he must now strive to live up to. 羅先生激發了人們的期望，現在他必須努力不辜負這種期望。
In her writing she strove for a balance between innovation and familiar prose forms. 她在寫作中力圖在創新和傳統散文形式之間取得平衡。
We strive for perfection but sometimes have to accept something less.
We are constantly striving to improve our service.
The former leader now has to watch his successor unpicking much of what he strived so hard to achieve.
The editors have striven to give the floor to competing points of view without losing technical focus.
An individual is supposed to be influenced by these aspects of informal and formal care when striving toward an optimal formal-informal care mix.
She also had strived to retire on a sufficient pension.
