English-Thai Dictionary

struggle

N การต่อสู้  การแข่งขัน  battle combat fight kan-tor-su

 

struggle

N ความพยายาม  การฝ่าฟัน  การดิ้นรน  effort exertion strain kwam-pa-ya-yam

 

struggle

VI ดิ้นรน  พยายาม  exert strain strive din-ron

 

struggle

VI ต่อสู้  แข่งขัน  battle combat fight tor-su

 

struggle against

PHRV ต่อสู้ ดิ้นรน  tor-su-din-ron

 

struggle along

PHRV ประทังชีวิต  ยังชีพ ได้ (แม้ ลำบาก มาก  pra-tang-che-wid

 

struggle along

PHRV เดิน ไป ข้างหน้า  ก้าว ไป ข้างหน้า  doen-pai-kang-na

 

struggle for

PHRV ต่อสู้ เพื่อ  tor-su-puea

 

struggle in

PHRV ต่อสู้ กัน ใน  ดิ้นรน ต่อสู้ กัน ใน  tor-su-kan-nai

 

struggle in

PHRV มี ความยุ่งยาก ใน  me-kwam-yung-yak-nai

 

struggle on

PHRV ดิ้นรน ต่อสู้ ต่อไป  din-ron-tor-su-pai

 

struggle out

PHRV ดิ้นรน ออกจาก  din-ron-ook-jak

 

struggle through

PHRV ดิ้นรน ผ่าน  din-ron-pan

 

struggle through

PHRV ทำสำเร็จ  ประสบความสำเร็จ  tam-hai-sam-red

 

struggle with

PHRV ต่อสู้ กับ (ด้าน จิตใจ  ดิ้นรน ต่อสู้ กับ  battle with do with tussie with wrestle with tor-su-kab

 

struggle with

PHRV ต่อสู้ กับ  tussle with tor-su-kab

 

struggler

N ผู้ ต่อสู้ ดิ้นรน  contender fighter striver phu-tor-su-din-ron

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRUGGLE

v.i.[This word may be formed on the root of stretch, right, etc. which signifies to strain; or more directly on the same elements in L., to wrinkle. ] 1. Properly, to strive, or to make efforts with a twisting or with contortions of the body. Hence,
2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend; as, to struggle to save life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle against the stream; to struggle with adversity.
3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress.
Tis wisdom to beware, and better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

 

STRUGGLE

n. 1. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avoid an evil; properly, a violent effort with contortions of the body.
2. Contest; contention; strife.
An honest man might look upon the struggle with indifference.
3. Agony; contortions of extreme distress.

 

STRUGGLER

n.One who struggles, strives or contends.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STRUGGLE

Strug "gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled; p. pr. & vb. n.Struggling. ] Etym: [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj to stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll. ]

 

1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

 

2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it [Gettysburg ] far above our power to add or detract. Lincoln.

 

3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress. 'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.

 

STRUGGLE

STRUGGLE Strug "gle, n.

 

1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.

 

2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil. Macaulay.

 

3. Contest; contention; strife. An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference. Addison.

 

Syn. -- Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.

 

STRUGGLER

STRUGGLER Strug "gler, n.

 

Defn: One who struggles.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

struggle

strug gle |ˈstrəgəl ˈstrəɡəl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction: before she could struggle, he lifted her up | [ with infinitive ] : he struggled to break free. • strive to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance: [ with infinitive ] : many families struggle to make ends meet | new authors are struggling in the present climate. • (struggle with ) have difficulty handling or coping with: passengers struggle with bags and briefcases. • engage in conflict: politicians continued to struggle over familiar issues. • make one's way with difficulty: 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. • a conflict or contest: a power struggle for the leadership | with a struggle, she pulled the stroller up the slope. • a determined effort under difficulties: the center is the result of the scientists' struggle to realize their dream. • a very difficult task: it was a struggle to make herself understood. PHRASES the struggle for existence (or life ) the competition between organisms, esp. as an element in natural selection, or between people seeking a livelihood. DERIVATIVES strug gler |ˈstrəg (ə )lər |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: frequentative, perhaps of imitative origin. The noun dates from the late 17th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

struggle

strug ¦gle |ˈstrʌg (ə )l | ▶verb [ no obj. ] make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction: before she could struggle, he lifted her up | [ with infinitive ] : he struggled to break free. • engage in conflict: politicians continued to struggle over familiar issues. • strive to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance: new authors are struggling in the present climate | many families on income support have to struggle to make ends meet | (as adj. struggling ) : a struggling team. • (struggle with ) have difficulty handling or coping with: passengers struggle with bags and briefcases. • [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] make one's way with difficulty: it took us all day to struggle back to our bivouac. ▶noun a forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack: there were signs of a struggle and there was a lot of blood around. • a conflict or contest: a power struggle for the leadership. • a determined effort under difficulties: with a struggle, she pulled the pram up the slope | the centre is the result of the scientists' struggle to realize their dream. • a very difficult task: it was a struggle to make herself understood. PHRASES the struggle for existence (or life ) the competition between organisms, especially as an element in natural selection, or between people seeking a livelihood. DERIVATIVES struggler noun ORIGIN late Middle English: frequentative, perhaps of imitative origin. The noun dates from the late 17th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

struggle

struggle verb 1 they struggled to do better: strive, try hard, endeavor, make every effort, do one's best /utmost, bend over backwards, put oneself out; informal go all out, give it one's best shot; formal essay. 2 James struggled with the intruders: fight, grapple, wrestle, scuffle, brawl, spar; informal scrap. 3 the teams struggled to be first: compete, contend, vie, fight, battle, jockey. 4 she struggled over the dunes: scramble, flounder, stumble, fight /battle one's way, labor. ▶noun 1 the struggle for justice: endeavor, striving, effort, exertion, labor; campaign, battle, crusade, drive, push. 2 they were arrested without a struggle: fight, scuffle, brawl, tussle, wrestling bout, skirmish, fracas, melee; breach of the peace; informal scrap. 3 many perished in the struggle: conflict, fight, battle, confrontation, clash, skirmish; hostilities, fighting, war, warfare, campaign. 4 a struggle within the leadership: contest, competition, fight, clash; rivalry, friction, feuding, conflict, tug-of-war, turf war. 5 life has been a struggle for me: effort, trial, trouble, stress, strain, battle; informal grind, hassle.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

struggle

struggle verb 1 they struggled to make sense of the words: strive, try hard, endeavour, make every effort, spare no effort, exert oneself, do one's best, do all one can, do one's utmost, battle, labour, toil, strain, bend over backwards, put oneself out; informal go all out, give it one's best shot, put one's back into it, plug away, peg away; Brit. informal graft; formal essay. 2 James was hit in the mouth as he struggled with the raiders: fight, grapple, wrestle, scuffle, brawl, spar, exchange blows, come to blows; informal scrap; Scottish informal swedge. 3 research teams struggle to be first to the finish: compete, contend, contest, vie, fight, battle, clash, wrangle, jockey, lock horns, cross swords, war, wage war, feud. 4 she struggled over the dunes: scramble, flounder, stumble; make one's way with difficulty, drag oneself, fight /battle one's way, battle, labour. ▶noun 1 the continuing struggle for justice: endeavour, striving, effort, exertion, labour, work, toiling, pains; campaign, battle, crusade, drive, push, movement; Brit. informal graft. 2 we were able to apprehend the gang without a struggle: fight, scuffle, brawl, tussle, wrestling match, sparring match, wrestling bout, bout, skirmish, fracas, melee, affray, encounter, disturbance, breach of the peace; informal scrap, barney, set-to, dust-up, punch-up, ruction, free-for-all, argy-bargy; Brit. informal bust-up, ding-dong; Scottish informal swedge. 3 a third of the population perished in the struggle: conflict, fight, battle, armed conflict, combat, confrontation, clash, skirmish, encounter, engagement; hostilities, fighting, war, warfare, campaign, crusade. 4 an unresolved struggle within the leadership: contest, competition, battle, fight, clash, feud; contention, vying, rivalry, strife, friction, feuding, conflict. 5 life has been a struggle for me: effort, labour, problem, trial, trouble, stress, strain, bother, battle; informal grind, hassle, pain.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

struggle

strug gle /strʌ́ɡ (ə )l /〖原義は 2 〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; -gling 自動詞 1 «…しようと /…を求めて /…について » 奮闘する , 苦闘する «to do /for /over » ▸ struggle successfully to find a job 苦労の末ようやく仕事を見つける ▸ struggle for breath [a living ]息をしようと [生活のために ]必死になる ▸ struggle over how to put the idea into practice その考えをどうやって実行に移すかで苦労する ▸ She was struggling to control her feelings .彼女は感情を何とか抑えようとした (ができそうになかった ) (!be strugglingは実現不可能を含意する場合もある ) 2 〈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 » ▸ struggle with a burglar 押しこみ強盗ともみ合う ▸ struggle in one's father's arms 父親の腕の中でもがく ▸ struggle with [against ] adversity 逆境と戦う 3 〈二者が 〉【物を取ろうと 】争う , 取っ組み合う «for » ▸ They struggled for the gun .彼らは銃の取り合いでもみ合った 4 〈人が 〉【重い物などを 】動かそうとして苦労する «with » ▸ struggle with full bags 満杯の袋を苦しそうに運ぶ 5 〖～＋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 ) ▸ struggle to shore どうにか海岸に達する ▸ struggle through the crowd 人を押し分けて行く ▸ struggle out of the collapsed building 倒壊した建物の中からはい出す 他動詞 1 …を苦労して動かす .2 〖～ one's way 〗押し分けて進む .str ù ggle and str á in ＝train (→rhyming slang ).名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 【自由 権利などを求める 】(長期の )戦い , 闘争 «for » ▸ a power struggle 権力闘争 ▸ a struggle for liberty 自由を求める戦い ▸ a struggle for existence [life ]生存競争 ; 生きよう [生計を立てよう ]とする必死の努力 2 (二者間の )もみ合い , 取っ組み合い .3 (逃れようとして )もがくこと , あばれること ; (人に )抵抗すること .4 〖a ～〗(活動 仕事が )難しい [苦しい ]こと ▸ It was a tough struggle to remove her doubt .彼女の疑いを晴らすのにはさんざん苦労した str ù ggle and str í fe ＝life (→rhyming slang ).