struggle
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verb no object
make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction:
«…しようと/…を求めて/…について» 奮闘する, 苦闘する «to do/for/over»
e.g. before she could struggle, he lifted her up
e.g. with infinitive : he struggled to break free.
engage in conflict:
〈人が〉 【人と】もみ合う, 格闘する «with» ; もがく, あがく; 【困難などと】闘う «with, against»
e.g. politicians continued to struggle over familiar issues.
strive to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance:
e.g. new authors are struggling in the present climate
e.g. with infinitive : many families struggle to make ends meet.
(struggle with) have difficulty handling or coping with:
〈人が〉 【重い物などを】動かそうとして苦労する «with»
e.g. passengers struggle with bags and briefcases.
make one's way with difficulty:
〖～＋副詞〗 苦労して［もがきながら］進む (!〖副詞〗はtoward, (in)to, throughなど方向の表現)
e.g. he struggled to the summit of the world's highest mountain.
noun
a forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack:
【自由･権利などを求める】(長期の)戦い, 闘争 «for»
e.g. there were signs of a struggle and there was a lot of blood around.
a conflict or contest:
(二者間の)もみ合い, 取っ組み合い.
e.g. a power struggle for the leadership
e.g. with a struggle, she pulled the stroller up the slope.
a determined effort under difficulties:
e.g. the center is the result of the scientists' struggle to realize their dream.
a very difficult task:
〖a ～〗 (活動･仕事が)難しい［苦しい］こと
e.g. it was a struggle to make herself understood.
PHRASES
the struggle for existence (also the struggle for life)
the competition between organisms, especially as an element in natural selection, or between people seeking a livelihood:
e.g. every adaptation had to offer an advantage to the organism in the struggle for existence.
DERIVATIVES
struggler |ˈstrəɡ(ə)lər| noun
ORIGIN
late Middle English: frequentative, perhaps of imitative origin. The noun dates from the late 17th century.