With an effort of will he resisted the temptation.

他凭自己的意志顶住了这一诱惑。

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With an effort, he held in his feelings and pretended not to hear the sad news.

他努力控制住自己的感情，假超前享受没有听见那个令人悲痛的消息。

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With an effort he restrains himself, and manages not to speak what he is thinking.

他努力控制自己，尽量不让自己的嘴说出心里所想的来。

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One of the showerheads was cleaned with a bleach solution in an effort to destroy the bacteria.

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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.

在过去的一周里,已经有一部分人开始使用这种特殊的工具了,这门课程一直在致力于这一工具的开发,目的是为了让课程变的更简单,选课更人性化。

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In other words, it's not an effort to come to terms with anything.

换言之，这并不是对它妥协。

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Russia's Irina Korzhanenko took gold in the shot put with an effort of 20.64 metres.

BBC: Kluft shines in heptathlon

The Pilgrims did not even trouble opposing keeper Chris Tardif with an effort on target during the first half.

BBC: Boston deny Cherries

Martin Petrov wasted a clear chance for Bolton and Odemwingie slashed wide with an effort late on in the game.

BBC: West Brom 1-1 Bolton