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争取
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 争取 [zhēngqǔ]
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1.
verb
strive for
- 争取机会
- grasp the opportunity
- 争取主动
- grasp the initiative
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1.
verb
strive for
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 争取 [zhēngqǔ]
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动
力求获得;力求实现
- 争取第一名。
- 争取取得一致意见。
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动
力求获得;力求实现
Examples
- 利用敌人的错觉和不意来争取自己的主动
- exploit the enemy's misconceptions and unpreparedness to gain the initiative → 不意
- 咱们趁早动身，争取十点以前赶到。
- Let's start off early and try to get there by ten. → 趁早
- 争取做到蔬菜淡季不淡，旺季不烂
- strive for an ample supply of vegetables in the off seasons and avoid waste in the peak periods → 淡季
- 自力更生为主，争取外援为辅
- rely mainly on one's own efforts while making external assistance subsidiary → 辅
- 把敌军中被裹胁的人争取过来
- win over those who joined the enemy army under duress → 裹胁
- 争取时间
- race (or work) against time → 争取
- 争取主动
- try to gain the initiative; contend for the initiative → 争取
- 你能给我们杂志写点什么吗？—我争取吧。
- Can you write something for the magazine? —Well, I'll try. → 争取
- 为了争取市里的拨款，我们可是认认真真做了许多工作。 → 拨款
- 我们要努力，争取期末超过兄弟班。 → 超
Collocations
- 争取胜利
- to make a great effort to win
- 争取时间
- to buy time
- 争取完成
- to try to finish
- 争取到
- to strive for something
- 争取工作
- to get a job
- 积极争取
- to actively strive for something
- 努力争取
- to strive hard for osmething
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