in an effort to

基本解釋

Even his name is a pseudonym, all in an effort to protect his family, friends and contacts, he said.
就連他的姓名也是假名。他說，這一切都是為了保護(hù)他的家人、朋友和一些與他來往密切的人。
But in an effort to allay public fears on the urban campus, police have said the killing was not a "random act".
但是為了努力緩和公眾對(duì)耶魯大學(xué)的這一恐怖印象，警方表明，此事件絕非“隨意行為”。
In an effort to further raise awareness, Dutch researchers have created a game that challenges players to control a new pandemic.
為了更進(jìn)一步提高大眾的體認(rèn)，荷蘭研究人員設(shè)計(jì)出一套游戲，讓玩家挑戰(zhàn)控制新的傳染病。

In recent years the international community has deployed navy ships to guard the area in an effort to fight piracy.
Well a number of you have spent this past week playing with this particular tool which is a project the course has been working on for some time in an effort to make it easier and more social to actually shop for courses.
在過去的一周里,已經(jīng)有一部分人開始使用這種特殊的工具了,這門課程一直在致力于這一工具的開發(fā),目的是為了讓課程變的更簡(jiǎn)單,選課更人性化。
哈佛公開課 - 計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)課程節(jié)選
In other words, wealthy people, in an effort to alleviate penury, would create a savings bank.
換句話說,富人們要扶危濟(jì)困,便建立了儲(chǔ)蓄銀行
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場(chǎng)課程節(jié)選

Tanker trucks spray water on the dirt roads in an effort to contain the dust.
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