Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense exerts, present participle exerting, past tense, past participle exerted
1VERB 施加(影響、壓力等);行使,運用(權威等) If someone or something exerts influence, authority, or pressure, they use it in a strong or determined way, especially in order to produce a particular effect. 施加(影響、壓力等);行使,運用(權威等) [formal]
He exerted considerable influence on the thinking of the scientific community on these issues. [VERB noun]
他極大地影響了科學界對這些問題的看法。
The cyst was causing swelling and exerting pressure on her brain. [VERB noun]
那個囊腫正在引起腫脹,壓迫着她的大腦。
2VERB 盡力;努力 If you exert yourself, you make a great physical or mental effort, or work hard to do something. 盡力;努力
Youngsters get so absorbed that they don't realise how much they're exerting themselves. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
年輕人如此地沉浸其中,他們沒有意識到自己有多麽努力。
Do not exert yourself unnecessarily. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
不要做無謂的努力。
exertion
He clearly found the physical exertion exhilarating.
他明顯感覺體力勞動令人愉快。
Thanks to the exertions of a few sensible and courageous men, the compromise was accepted.