核心畫面
Picture the energy you push out of yourself — straining muscles or a focused mind — to make something happen. That outward push of energy is the heart of the word; everything else is that push seen from a different angle: as an attempt, as something hard, as group work, as the finished result.
可以想成你從自己身上「使出去」的那股能量——繃緊的肌肉，或全神貫注的腦袋——為了把某件事做成。這股向外推出的力氣就是…更多收起
可以想成你從自己身上「使出去」的那股能量——繃緊的肌肉，或全神貫注的腦袋——為了把某件事做成。這股向外推出的力氣就是核心畫面；其他意思都是同一股力氣換個角度看：看成一次嘗試、看成一件吃力的事、看成一群人的合力、看成最後做出來的成果。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
effortnoun/ˈɛf.ət/
- 1
The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
- make an effort
- take a lot of effort
- 2
An endeavor.
- Although he didn't win any medals, Johnson's effort at the Olympics won over many fans.
- But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.
- 3
A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
- the two bodies between which the effort acts
effortverb/ˈɛf.ət/
- 1
To make an effort.
- 2
obsoleteTo strengthen, fortify or stimulate
- When old, he lived in London where, being High-minded and Poor, he was exposed to the contempt of disingenuous persons. Yet he efforted his Spirits with a Commemoration of the Days of Old.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。