It's quite an effort to lift this heavy box.

抬起这只沉重的箱子要花费相当大的力气。

youdao

She made quite an effort, but it wasn't good enough.

她作了很大的努力，但还不够好。

youdao

Somewhat hard (it is quite an effort; you feel tired but can continue).

有点辛苦(在努力了，感觉有点累但可以继续)。

youdao

Figuring out your taxable income can be quite an effort.

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That has been an effort in progress now for quite some time.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Without revealing confidences, there was discussions in these meetings about the fact that we were talking about a resource -- an effort that had been under-resourced for quite some time.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing