vi.
1. 努力，盡力，奮鬥：
He strove to make himself understood.
他盡力讓別人理解他的意思。
2. 力爭，力求：
to strive for success
力爭成功
I am striving to explain explicitly.
我力爭做出詳盡的說明。
3. 鬥爭，競爭：
to strive against difficulty
同困難做鬥爭
4. 反抗，抗爭：
to strive against fate
同命運抗爭
She likes to strive with me in argument.
她總愛和我爭論。