"he got an A for effort"
"they managed only with great exertion"
exertion的用法和样例：
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用作名词 (n.)
I will check the result of your exertion in the evening. 每天晚上，我要检查你努力的结果。
The young monkey, with great exertion, somehow clings to its mother. 小猴子会不知何故地用极大的努力去依靠它的母亲。
Using these expressing devices appropriately redounds to the exertion of banter's social functions. 适当运用各类玩笑表达方式能充分发挥玩笑的交际功能。
This paper analysed the different exertion properties of socket piles with different rock strength at the bottom of each pile. 摘要通过对工程试桩资料的分析，阐述桩端支承条件不同时端阻力发挥性状的差异。
Using these expressing devices appropriately redounds to the exertion of banter's social functions. 适当运用各类玩笑表达方式能充分发挥玩笑的交际功能。
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