Exert

(verb.) put to use; 'exert one's power or influence'.

(verb.) make a great effort at a mental or physical task; 'exert oneself'.

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• Now, Betteredge, exert those sharp wits of yours, and observe the conclusion to which the Colonel's instructions point! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Don't exert yourself, said George. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• She ought to believe that I would exert myself for her sake. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• You had better not exert yourself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• In many cases, it is preferable to exert a force of 30 pounds, for example, over the distance _CA_ than a force of 120 pounds over the shorter distance _BA_. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The passion of vanity is so prompt, that it rouzes at the least call; while humility requires a stronger impulse to make it exert itself. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Lady Verinder exerted her influence to rouse him to a sense of duty in this matter; and I exerted my influence. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Raymond had somewhat raised himself at our approach, but it was with difficulty that he exerted himself even thus much. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Eggs and nuts are cracked without being crushed, and the power exerted and the strain endured automatically recorded. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• When they ceased to divert me, I exerted my intelligence, and pulled them up again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The ordinary problem in planetary perturbations calls for the determination of the effect on a known orbit exerted by a body of known mass and m otion. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The deeper the water, the greater will be the weight sustained by the confining vessel and the greater the pressure exerted by the water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It is true that _P_, the load raised, will be less than _W_, the force exerted, but if speed is our aim, this machine serves our purpose admirably. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• She exerts herself very much for Africa, sir, I said. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The hand exerts a small force over a long distance and draws out a nail. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• While most of us are familiar with the bursting of water pipes on a cold night, few of us realize the influence which freezing water exerts on the character of the land around us. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The fish is entirely surrounded by water which exerts an equal pressure on all sides. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• When air is compressed, its pressure increases, and it exerts a greater force against the matter with which it comes in contact. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The WILL exerts itself, when either the good or the absence of the evil may be attained by any action of the mind or body. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• At a light-red heat, iron becomes non-magnetic, so that a strong magnet exerts no influence over it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• During the whole of this time, the poor young lady was exerting herself by the light of her solitary lamp, _à pure perte! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Thank you, said Dorothea, exerting herself, I am sure that is wise. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Again I rose; and, exerting all the firmness of which I was master, removed the planks which I had placed before my hovel to conceal my retreat. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• This personage had been exerting himself, with great alacrity, in driving all the flock of domestics to the other end of the verandah. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• You mistake me, you quite mistake me, she replied, exerting herself. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He does not at any time exert a large force, but he accomplishes his purpose by exerting a small force continuously through a correspondingly greater distance. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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