| 单词 | strenuousness |
| 例句 | Deliberately he punished his body, strained his endurance, tested his capacity for strenuousness. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the Party was rotten under the surface, its cult of strenuousness and self-denial simply a sham concealing iniquity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z An overpowering smell of sweat, a sort of unconscious testimony to the strenuousness of his life, followed him about wherever he went, and even remained behind him after he had gone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But the strenuousness of the effort shows, and the results, it seems to me, are unconvincing and at times dismayingly reductive. Review | Two centuries after John Keats’s death, his famous odes are still sparking new discussions 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The strenuousness of the mountain did pose some problems for this musical crowd, however. Music Shows With a Brooklyn Feel, but Getting to Them Is a Hike 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z A day in which the most arduous choice has been between "grande" and "tall" does not conduce to literary strenuousness.' Top 10 books on the ancient world 2010-09-29T12:08:00Z But strenuousness is of the essence in this work, and the players, with their effortless virtuosity, almost made it look and sound too easy. Music Review: Music for Seaside Village, But Hold the Salt Cod 2010-12-03T23:00:00Z That joining together of aspiring strenuousness with an ever-increasing allusiveness would define Carter's creative project for the next two decades. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z SoulCycle depends on the charisma of its instructors to spin out the strenuousness, personal attention and quads-of-steel success that make such prices worth it. How a member of the cleaning staff became the most sought-after SoulCycle instructor 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z On her first two albums, released within the past few years, she whipped up a fast froth of electric guitar and yelping vocals, turning strenuousness into a life force. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-03T22:17:00Z It failed less for its experimentation, which was spotty, than for the strenuousness with which he pursued it. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-10T20:45:00Z For a final year, though, the family traveled with camels, sheep, cows and horses through “towering waves of immaculate golden sand dunes,” with Li to chronicle their life of almost unbelievable strenuousness. The best travel books of 2021 — so far 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z In Kurdistan, you can often determine a path’s strenuousness by the kinds of dung found along it. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z What surprised him was the strenuousness of their response. There’s Now a Soda Tax in Philadelphia, but Not Because Sugar Is Bad for You 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z “We’ve tried to prepare them for what the flight is going to be like, the strenuousness, and the eating,” Aaron said. Danville family starts coffee roasting business out of home 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The strenuousness of their efforts against Liverpool are likely to be monitored with interest by supporters of Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Sunderland, Crystal Palace and West Ham. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend | Guardian writers 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Simple, flat tints, primary and cool, are superimposed upon rhythmic versatility and strenuousness of thought. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z When we read the detailed story of his preparation, his endeavour, his struggle, his achievement, we cannot but feel that his resolute strenuousness was not far from heroism. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z It requires intensity of thought and strenuousness of will and solidity of judgment. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Any lack of strenuousness about the Cretan Fair was amply atoned for. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z And it may be that the old gentleman is unamiable; that, his days of strenuousness fairly over, he becomes crabbed, a lover of snuff, and unpoetical. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z All this does not conduce to the strenuousness of spirit Americans throw into their sports. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z But, as we have seen, the result of this strenuousness—which would be quite normal to many students—was his first serious breakdown, involving a loss of eighteen months. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z A mental warp which has been one of the sources of latter-day strenuousness, as too of that fierce social rivalry which is wrecking older and fairer ideals and methods of friendship and hospitality. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Would life on a troop-ship be a thing of disciplined strenuousness, or would it be just a perfectly slack time for everybody? Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z The vehemence of the command and the form of the metaphor express the strenuousness of the effort and the painfulness of the process, in the same way as Paul’s other saying, “crucify the flesh,” does. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z There is a great deal in public opinion, and while a do-as-you-please attitude had hitherto been in vogue, keenness and strenuousness now became the fashion. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z “I think that he’s done some very good work on the board,” Dr. Goldstein said, though he added, “I disagree with the strenuousness of his statement” about Mr. Kushner. Pressure Grows for Trustee to Leave Board of CUNY 2011-05-11T02:07:58Z Languid good nature and the faculty of idling time away very gracefully did not appeal to her, for even pleasure is pursued with grim strenuousness in her country. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z It was probably the dignity of the orator's attitude and the severity of his taste in rhetoric which encouraged the poet to adopt a similar lucidity and strenuousness in verse. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z They played a round of golf every day, usually between tea and dinner, the hour when the ardent male golfer relaxes from his noonday strenuousness and turns to thoughts of mixed foursomes. "Pip" A Romance of Youth Yet to Pliny’s eyes, his earnest strenuousness in his profession redeems some of his vices. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius And the abode of the mighty would have been a House of Quiet, not the home of strenuousness. The Ifs of History A relentless thrust towards strenuousness is a characteristic of belligerent conditions. The Salvaging Of Civilisation Perhaps she gave way, a little, to an amiable Italian indolence; at all events, the strenuousness which her early years had threatened subsided into a watchful, hospitable, humorous and memorable hospitality. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z There is a sort of consciousness which equally demands of those whom it inspires, spiritual attainment and strenuousness, serenity and activity, resignation and vigour, life in the spirit and ceaseless enterprise in service. The Sources Of Religious Insight Thus many individuals who increase the strenuousness of their exercise complain that their weight is increased even when they observe a noticeable improvement in their general feelings and appearance. Dietetics for Nurses Those knitted brows show a strenuousness of character incompatible with the serenity of the gods. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction There is no evidence of such strenuousness in the work of Mr E.T. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" There’s nothing I loathe so much as strenuousness, and here I have fallen into the vice. Lord Stranleigh Abroad The relations between faith and works, divine grace and moral strenuousness. The Sources Of Religious Insight The laborious intellect contracts a habit of strenuousness which is some times a hindrance to its best activity. The Intellectual Life If it is defective, the defect all comes from some want of strenuousness as you went along. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass All his urgency and strenuousness he reserved for his book. Whitman A Study Both Mrs. Knight and Aunt Annie seemed to assume that Henry had at least contributed to the knighthood and that the knighthood was in some subtle way the reward of Henry's talent, rectitude, and strenuousness. A Great Man A Frolic Another friend once said to me: "It is the rush and hurry and strenuousness of modern life which is scotching the drama." Another Sheaf Here the master's love of every art, and aptitude in affairs, filled his hospitable mansion with wit and music and joyous strenuousness. Holbein We may give to you some added strength and strenuousness; you may give to us some of the beauty of life. Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root Not only was he increasing in size and weight, but he was storing up strength and strenuousness for the work that lay before him. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals I know now that the speed and strenuousness of it was telling upon all of us. The Message Many are the trip combinations, the choice of which depends upon the time and the strenuousness of the traveller. The Book of the National Parks He had grown to love the poverty which ever lends such strenuousness to endeavor. The Martian It was not, however, to describe the country that I began this letter, but to elaborate a generalisation developed by my host and myself as a kind of self-protection against the gospel of "strenuousness." Appearances Being Notes of Travel He was unusually rapid in thought, speech and movement, without being restless, and his presence was an excellent cure for slackness, languor, strenuousness or a morbid sense of duty. Bird of Paradise He felt that he could slacken the strenuousness of his exertions and let his fortune expand naturally under prudent management. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York James, in his prostration, felt only indifference; and his old strenuousness, with its tragic despair, seemed not a little ridiculous. The Hero Foolish, because it took all joy of life out of my manuscripts while the session of strenuousness lasted and left me wavering at the end almost on the verge of a physical breakdown. If You Don't Write Fiction He had brought back to the flat the strenuousness of business. The Innocents A Story for Lovers Suddenly a troop of horsemen dashed rapidly through the open gates and into the heart of the city among all the loitering holiday-wanderers, rousing them to instant strenuousness. The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus She felt the strenuousness of striving to keep abreast of Hattie. Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart These I have not seen; but I have read many of his songs in manuscript, and they reveal a remarkable strenuousness, and a fine understanding of the poetry. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Everybody howls about strenuousness and hustle, and people wear themselves out and die before they should. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win But presently this desire passed from me, and I came to prefer the repose of the evenings I spent alone with his wife to the strenuousness of the evenings when we were all three together. The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice From "The New Decameron", Volume III. The strenuousness of the love emotion is in this book rendered with consummate power, and hence the hold it has over men of intelligence and over fools. Personality in Literature In each reader the strenuousness had taken a different form. Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart Youth ought to be taught self-reliance and strenuousness of will; and this is a work which can only be done in the home by the firm yet kindly influence of the parents. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics Macaulay was a great parliamentary orator, but he was the most conventional of city men; Burke and Chatham had no strength for such strenuousness after their professional toil. The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth It struck me that Australians and New Zealanders are certainly not noted for strenuousness. Ranching, Sport and Travel "I think you had better take it easy after yesterday's strenuousness, so we'll all start out together at ten o'clock and see which boy gets the most fish by twelve." Bob Hunt in Canada His soul fretted him no longer; it had passed beyond strenuousness to the peace of dulness. The Judgment of Eve The severest discipline, even renunciation, may be needful to secure that singleness of heart and strenuousness of aim which are for Jesus the very essence of life. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics The Hebrew, along with his intense spirituality and his moral strenuousness, lacked intellectual justness, sense of proportion, social appreciativeness, artistic truth and sobriety. Platform Monologues Besides magnificence he mentions andragathia, i.e. manly goodness which we may render "strenuousness." Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province For all that I accomplished during this day, I believe myself indebted to the strenuousness and ardour of my resolutions. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 The English carvings are often spirited, so as to be almost grotesque in their strenuousness, and the tool-mark is visible, giving ruggedness and interest. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance To encourage zeal and strenuousness, Margaret and Kirsty had laid their heads together and decided to found what they called "The Order of Distinguished School Service." The Luckiest Girl in the School The strenuousness of things was becoming, in fact, almost too much for Lady Agatha. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" His strenuousness of reforming purpose and strength of will were concealed by no lightness of touch, no Page 46 give-and-take, no playfulness, no fun. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences While she was not often the actual bearer of ill news—for she had neither sufficient strenuousness nor opportunity for it—it was impossible to doubt that she enjoyed its arrival. The King's Achievement The ancient Egyptian peasants, like their modern descendants, were fatalists, and a happy carelessness seems to have softened the strenuousness of their daily tasks. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Christian critics of Buddhism are apt to say that it has a paralyzing effect on the nations who adopt it, but Asoka's edicts teem with words like energy and strenuousness. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 She had never been called upon by the strenuousness of any occasion to mention baldly to Lord Walderhurst that she "loved" him. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" Beethoven, with the strenuousness that came from his Rhenish ancestry, was more intractable, impatient of interference. Beethoven He had none of the moral strenuousness of the reformer, none of the exclusiveness of a man, whose purposes and ideas were consciously perched higher than those of his neighbors. The Promise of American Life That he was a nobleman of high spirits is evident from the strenuousness with which he lived his short life. The Portland Peerage Romance Its strenuousness knew no lassitude, and needed no repose. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 To be with him made Susie curiously uneasy, for there was a strenuousness in him which deprived his manner of all repose. The Magician In truth, Beethoven needed a champion, for, from the first, a certain originality, a strenuousness, showed itself in his work, which put the art on a new and different footing. Beethoven It is also true that the search for pleasure leads to a sterile sort of strenuousness that breaks down the health, as well as inflicting injury on the personality. The Nervous Housewife All their goodness, their gentleness, patience, hatred of evil, energy and strenuousness in service, submission in suffering, with whatsoever other radiance of human virtue may belong to them, are really ‘His mark!’ Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) We are so familiar with Gospel and parable that we do not take in the strenuousness of Jesus' way in prayer. The Jesus of History He sometimes produced false impressions by the very strenuousness of his aim and the vehemence of his passion; but he was never foggy, obscure, or ambiguous. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Antonyms: inactive, passive, latent, quiescent, sedentary. activity, n. operation, action; liveliness, briskness, agility, sprightliness, strenuousness. Putnam's Word Book The brightness and lightness of southern life soothed Browning's northern strenuousness of mood. Robert Browning These leaders had developed peculiar power in influencing their civil rulers by the strenuousness of their protests. Quiet Talks about Jesus It's such a restful contrast to the strenuousness of life. The Knave of Diamonds Mr. Macey had got into the Church by sheer strenuousness and had married, strenuously, a sharp and sallow wife. The Three Sisters The beauty of winter is like the beauty of certain austere classics of literature and art, and as with them, also, it demands a certain almost moral strenuousness of application before it reveals itself. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Life is a "training school" for a future existence, and our place in it depends on the courage and strenuousness with which we have laboured here. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge That they attributed to his "strenuousness" in his work, and thought it to be deplored. The Visioning Here strenuousness is expected; and an immediate commencement of investigation and prompt report are required. Edison, His Life and Inventions Official moralists advise us never to relax our strenuousness. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature She spoke with a passionate strenuousness which was rather striking. Of Human Bondage Stated briefly its message is that of an optimism which depends on a recognition of the strenuousness of life. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge This hot blood found its way into much talk of hardihood and strenuousness, vigor, martial virtues, "the steeps of life," "the romance of history"—all calculated to raise the temperature of tax-paying blood. The Visioning In the strenuousness of his concentration he treadled fitfully on the floor. Tess of the d'Urbervilles But together with this tragic strenuousness there was always the personal magic which winged it and gave it power. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 One seems very far, here, from the clatter and bang, the rush and strenuousness, really so near at hand. The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day The Baron was about to break out again with some strenuousness in favour of his own view of the matter, when Count Staumn made a proposition that was eagerly accepted by all save Brunfels himself. The Strong Arm Perhaps a strenuousness may be imparted by them which, otherwise, I cannot hope to obtain. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker Milton is the head of the house, and stands alone among the house prefects for the strenuousness of his methods in dealing with his dormitory. The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories She was severely censured among us for ambition; but Varvara Petrovna's well-known strenuousness and, at the same time, her persistence nearly triumphed over all obstacles. The Possessed (The Devils) Our faith, our earnestness of desire, our ardour and confidence of prayer, our faithfulness of stewardship and strenuousness of use, measure the amount of the unmeasured grace which we can receive. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms It might have been the exhaustion experienced from the encounter with their strenuousness that suddenly fatigued us past even the thought of doing any more of Valladolid on foot. Familiar Spanish Travels At Genoa, more than anywhere else in Italy except Milan, you are aware of the North—its strenuousness, its enterprise, its restless outstretching for worlds beyond itself. Roman Holidays, and Others And the sombre strenuousness of our northern character expects a remuneration for this outlay of faith, while the other contents himself with such sensuous enjoyment as he can momentarily extract from his ceremonials. Old Calabria The Norman genius, talent for affairs as its main basis, with strenuousness and clear rapidity for its excellence, hardness and insolence for its defect.' A History of English Literature He had no "moral strenuousness of the reformer" and no "exclusiveness" of learning. The French in the Heart of America At the word, the two on the mattress turned and grappled each other fiercely, half rising to their feet in the strenuousness of endeavour. The Claim Jumpers She was in short enjoying the fruits of her labours as though the time of rest had come; and this when strenuousness was more than ever important. A Wanderer in Florence What can you expect," he said, the veins at the side of his forehead swelling with strenuousness, "from men who only play at war? Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough More than one of the influences thus hastily surveyed combine in creating the moral, social, and intellectual strenuousness which is one of the main marks of the literature of the period. A History of English Literature He felt the quiver of a national strenuousness which was already shaking loose the knots of the old binding-ropes of prejudice and cowardice. Hyacinth It was their strenuousness which had given Lady Wetherby that battered feeling. Uneasy Money "Gee, but what a train robber Teddy would have made, if he had turned his talents in that direction, instead of wasting his strenuousness in politics," said the leader of the gang. Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys No one can deny great merit to such strenuousness. How to Study and Teaching How to Study Mrs. Foster was too much occupied by the strenuousness of life to dwell upon the passing of souls. In the Closed Room The dramatic scenes between the lovers in each of the acts are passionate only to ears accustomed or willing to find passion in strenuousness. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time There was strenuousness in the air, and she resented it on her vacation. Uneasy Money There is the stimulus to intense effort, the awakening of strenuousness which may carry over into other fields of activity. Problems of Conduct Its claims in that way are unique, whereas its affinities with strenuousness are less emphatic than those of the pluralistic scheme. Meaning of Truth The point of view which they seem to recommend is the point of view of a certain kind of practical strenuousness, the gospel of push, if I may so call it. At Large All he had to fight the world with was his brain; and only by incessant strenuousness in its exercise had he achieved the moderate prominence declared in yesterday's ceremony. Born in Exile To those how have hitherto preached indecorous maxims of conduct they will say: 'What is all this ferocious nonsense about strenuousness? South Wind It was a note from a fog-horn for strenuousness, it seems to me, but the doomed voyager did not catch it. Essays on Paul Bourget For would not the softness be all for one's self, and the strenuousness for society, which admired the air of superiority? The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 The pointed chin, long neck, the fluffy hair, quick gestures, and the calm strenuousness of her grey-blue eyes, impressed him vividly. The Island Pharisees Certainly Adams was happier without it; happier than he had ever been before; happier than any one in the harsh world of strenuousness could dream of. The Education of Henry Adams "We think a good deal of strenuousness," objected the bishop. South Wind In Brott's face and tone was all the passionate strenuousness of a great crisis. The Yellow Crayon |
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