struggle

Definition von struggle im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend
During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves.; strife, contention, great effort; make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"; an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"; climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling; an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"; to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"; If two people struggle with each other, they fight. She screamed at him to `stop it' as they struggled on the ground There were signs that she struggled with her attacker. Struggle is also a noun. He died in a struggle with prison officers less than two months after coming to Britain; If a person or organization is struggling, they are likely to fail in what they are doing, even though they might be trying very hard. The company is struggling to find buyers for its new product One in five young adults was struggling with everyday mathematics By the 1960s, many shipyards were struggling; be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; An action or activity that is a struggle is very difficult to do. Losing weight was a terrible struggle; If you struggle when you are being held, you twist, kick, and move violently in order to get free. I struggled, but he was a tall man, well-built; {n} a contest, labor, effort, agony, trial; Contest; contention; strife; If you struggle to do something, you try hard to do it, even though other people or things may be making it difficult for you to succeed. They had to struggle against all kinds of adversity Those who have lost their jobs struggle to pay their supermarket bills; strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"; A struggle is a long and difficult attempt to achieve something such as freedom or political rights. Life became a struggle for survival. a young lad's struggle to support his poverty-stricken family He is currently locked in a power struggle with his Prime Minister; To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body; If you struggle to move yourself or to move a heavy object, you try to do it, but it is difficult. I could see the young boy struggling to free himself I struggled with my bags, desperately looking for a porter; {i} act of struggling; effort, exertion; conflict, strife; Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil; A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress; To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress; 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; strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her" an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope; to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope; {f} endeavor, strive, try hard; fight, contend; advance with great effort
struggle-buggy: An old or beat-up motor vehicle
My struggle-buggy was getting to look like a rinky-dink old tin can on wheels, so when I got back to Chicago that Fall I traded it in for a Willys Knight brougham sedan.
struggle with: see: struggle
struggle for existence: fight for life and death, fight that determines one's continuity
struggle for statehood: fight to become an independent nation
struggle on: If you struggle on, you continue doing something rather than stopping, even though it is difficult. Why should I struggle on to please my parents? The rest of the world struggles on with its perpetual problems, poverty and debt
class struggle: conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes); the active expression of a theoretical class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective
Thenceforth, the class-struggle, practically as well as theoretically, took on more and more outspoken and threatening forms.
uphill struggle: If something you are trying to do is an uphill struggle, it is very difficult, often because other people are causing problems for you
Environmentalists face an uphill struggle convincing people to use their cars less. We're trying to expand our business, but it's an uphill battle.
A struggle: wrestle
bitter struggle: intense conflict, hostile contest, fierce fight
class struggle: fight between social classes, dispute between members of the upper and lower classes
class struggle: in Marxist theory, political opposition and the fight for economic power between capitalists (=the owners of property, factories etc) and the proletariat (=the workers)
class struggle: conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes)
fierce struggle: fierce fight, harsh battle, deadly confrontation
perennial struggle: eternal struggle, perpetual struggle
political struggle: political methods of achieving national goals
popular struggle front: a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border
power struggle: fight for power between two opposing forces
revolutionary people's struggle: an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States
struggled: past of struggle
struggler: a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort
struggler: {i} one who struggles
struggles: third-person singular of struggle
struggles: plural of struggle
struggling: {s} involved in a struggle to overcome, contending, striving
struggling: engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity; "a financially struggling theater"; "struggling artists
struggling: present participle of struggle
to struggle: toil
waged a struggle: fought, wrestled