Matilda exerted herself to quiet his alarms.

玛蒂尔达努力平息他的警报。

Lady Middleton could no longer endure such a conversation, and therefore exerted herself to ask Mr. Palmer if there was any news in the paper.

米德尔顿夫人再也无法忍受这样的谈话，于是便竭力向帕尔默先生询问报纸上是否有什么新闻。

The first day she was very obedient and industrious, and exerted herself to please Mother Holle, for she thought of the gold she should get in return.

第一天，她很听话，也很勤奋，努力取悦霍勒妈妈，因为她想到了她应该得到的金子作为回报。

This is probably what happened to Flo Hyman. She was physically exerting herself, and her artery — without the support of its connective tissue — couldn't take the stress, and it tore.

这很有可能就是发生在 Flo Hyman 身上的事情。她当时正在用力，但是她的动脉没有了结缔组织的支持，承受不了压力，就撕裂了。

Could she exert herself it would be better, but this is not to be expected; and as to my father, I never in my life saw him so affected.

要是她能勉强克制一下，事情也许要好些，可惜她无法办到。讲到父亲，我一辈子也没见过他这样难受。

Then the March family turned out en masse, and Jo exerted herself to some purpose, for people not only came, but stayed, laughing at her nonsense, admiring Amy's taste, and apparently enjoying themselves very much.

然后马奇一家人全都出来了，乔为了某种目的而努力，因为人们不仅来了，而且还留下来，嘲笑她的胡说八道，欣赏艾米的品味，显然玩得很开心。

The 'haughty, uninteresting creature' was let severely alone, but Amy's talent and taste were duly complimented by the offer of the art table, and she exerted herself to prepare and secure appropriate and valuable contributions to it.

这个“傲慢、无趣的生物”被严厉地管了下来，但艾米的才华和品味因艺术桌的提供而得到应有的称赞，她努力准备并确保对它做出适当和有价值的贡献。