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相关变形拓展
三单：struggles→过去式：struggled→过去分词：struggled→现在分词：struggling→复数：struggles→相关词：fight(斗争)；battle(战斗)；effort(努力)
易混词辨析
struggle、fight、strive
1. struggle：动词 / 名词，“挣扎；努力克服”（搭配 “struggle with illness；struggle to finish homework；a struggle against poverty”），侧重 “克服困难的艰难过程”；
2. fight：动词 / 名词，“打斗；对抗”（搭配 “fight against enemies；fight for freedom；a fight with a thief”），侧重 “主动对抗或打斗”，语义更激烈；
3. strive：动词，“努力；力求”（搭配 “strive for success；strive to improve”），比 struggle 更正式，侧重 “有方向的努力”，无 “挣扎” 的艰难感。
同根词汇
struggling adj.奋斗的；努力的；苦斗的
struggler n.奋斗者；斗争者
精选例句
1、 He struggled to finish his homework because he was very tired.
因为他很累，所以他努力完成他的家庭作业。（struggle作动词，意为“努力、挣扎”，常用搭配为struggle to do sth.，与try含义相近，需区分用法）
来源:【中考难度例句】秒词邦编辑整理了
2、 For example, most of us would expect older drivers always go slower than everyone else but surprisingly, we found that in 30mph zones they struggled to keep at a constant speed and so were more likely to break the speed limit and be at risk of getting fined.
例如，我们大多数人会认为年长的司机总是比其他人开得慢，但令人惊讶的是，我们发现，在30英里/小时的区域，他们很难保持恒定的速度，因此更有可能打破速度限制，并面临被罚款的风险。
来源:2017年高考英语全国卷三阅读理解D篇
1、 Corporate and institutional office designers often struggle to resolve a number of competing and often conflicting demands, including budgetary limits, employee hierarchies, and technological innovationespecially in relation to computerization.
公司和机构的办公室设计师经常努力解决一些相互竞争和经常冲突的需求，包括预算限制、员工等级制度和技术创新，特别是与电脑化有关的技术创新。[机器自动翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
来源:2015年高考英语上海卷 选词填空 原文
1、 ” Women struggle to say “no” in the workplace for similar reasons, including the desire to be liked by their colleagues.
在工作场所，女性很难说“不”，原因也类似，包括希望得到同事的喜欢。
来源:2017年12月份第1套题[阅读选择题]
1、 Rather than pulling students back, a gap year pushes them ahead by preparing them for independence, new responsibilities and environmental changes– all things that first-year students often struggle with the most.
间隔年不会让学生倒退，而是通过让他们为独立、新的责任和环境变化做好准备来推动他们前进——所有这些都是一年级学生经常最难应对的。
来源:2017 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（二）Text3
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