ukuzama oor Engels

ukuzama

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effort

naamwoord

The amount of work involved in achieving something.

Abazali bakhe bebeya kukuvuyela ukuzama kwakhe ukuncokola nabo.
Her parents will appreciate her effort to make conversation, so they’ll be happy too.

elbow grease

naamwoord

The amount of work involved in achieving something.

exertion

naamwoord

The amount of work involved in achieving something.

voorbeelde

□ Kutheni abameli abangabantu besilela ukuzama ukuzisa uxolo oluhlala luhleli?
□ Why do human agencies fail in trying to usher in lasting peace?

Ngekwakwenzeke ntoni ukuba sakuba siwile okokuqala nje, sasigqibe kwelokuba siyeke ukuzama?
What would have happened if upon falling for the first time, we had decided to stop trying?

Ngaba kuluncedo ukuzama ukuphila ngokuvisisana nemilinganiselo yeBhayibhile namhlanje?
Is it practical to try to live up to the Bible’s standards today?

Ingakumbi ngexesha elide lokuhamba ngolwandle, iXO izakukhuthaza imisebenzi enjengale ukuzama ukulwa nesithukuthezi.
Particularly during long periods at sea, XOs will encourage such activities to combat boredom.

Ukuzama ukuthintela ukubhideka, kwenziwe umahluko phakathi koMbala woMkhosi wamanzi kunye neBhanile yoMkhosi wamanzi.
To prevent confusion, a distinction is made between the Naval Colour and the Naval Ensign.

4 Usenokuthanda ukuzama oku ukuze uqalise incoko esekelwe eZibhalweni:
4 You might like to try this to initiate a Scriptural discussion:

6 Okanye usenokufuna ukuzama le ntshayelelo ingqalileyo:
6 Or you may want to try this direct approach:

Wayeqonda ukuba ukuzama ukulungisa inkqubo endala kwakuya kuba lilize.
He recognized that patching up an unusable system would have been futile.

10:23) Imbali ingqina ukuba ukuzama ukutyeshela oko kusikelwa umda akuvelisanga miphumo ilungileyo.
10:23) History testifies that trying to ignore that limitation has not produced good results.

7 Okanye usenokukhetha ukuzama intshayelelo elula yokuqalisa isifundo seBhayibhile ngokuthi:
7 Or you might prefer to try a simplified approach for starting a Bible study by saying:

Abazali bakhe bebeya kukuvuyela ukuzama kwakhe ukuncokola nabo.
Her parents will appreciate her effort to make conversation, so they’ll be happy too.

Isazi ngezifo zengqondo uViktor Frankl sakha sathi: “Ukuzama ukufumana intsingiselo kubomi bukabani yeyona mpembelelo iyintloko emntwini.”
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl even claimed: “The striving to find a meaning in one’s life is the primary motivational force in man.”

Ngokuqinisekileyo ukuzama ukwenza yonke into ngexesha elinye kubangela ukuba ungabi senza nenye yazo!
But trying to reach all your goals at the same time is a sure way to reach none of them!

Ukuba ukulungele ukuzama ukunikela ubungqina ngomnxeba, nawe unokuba nempumelelo.
If you are willing to try telephone witnessing, you too can be successful.

Ngoko ke ukuzama ukuthintela oku kufefa kwandiswa iindlela zemvelo zokulawula izinambuzane ezitshabalalisayo.
Restrained spraying is then augmented by natural forms of pest control.

Ukuzama ukuzicinezela izazela zethu kunokusithez’ amandla njengokuba nomthi usoma xa kutshisa kakhulu ehlotyeni.
Trying to repress a guilty conscience can sap us of vigor, even as a tree loses moisture in summer’s intense heat.

4 Ukuba umntwana uyayithandabuza imfundiso ethile, mus’ ukumngxolisa okanye ukuzama ukuzithethelela.
4 If a child is unsure about some teaching, try not to react too strongly or to respond as if you were on the defensive.

Ekubeni kungelula ukuzama ukuqonda into eliyiyo ixesha, kwabaninzi ingcamango yobomi obungenasiphelo, okanye yokuphila ngonaphakade, imangalisa ngakumbi.
Frustrating as it is to try to understand what time really is, to many people the idea of everlasting life, or living forever, is most puzzling.

Ukuzama ukuba nguMama Obalaseleyo, uMfazi, okanye uMsébenzi okwanjalo kusenokukhokelela kudano nakunxunguphalo.
Trying to be Super Mom, Wife, or Worker can lead to disappointment and frustration.

Ngosuku olulandelayo, njengokuba imeko kaTata ngokukhawuleza yayisiba mandundu, oogqirha baqala bathetha ecaleni nomama nomninawa wam ukuzama ukubanyanzelela ukuba bavume ukuba uTata atofelwe igazi.
The next day, as Dad’s condition rapidly deteriorated, the doctors first took aside my mother and then my younger brother to put pressure on them to consent to a blood transfusion for Dad.

8. (a) Kwakufuzisela ntoni ukuzama kuka-Abraham ukunikela ngoIsake?
8. (a) What did Abraham’s attempt to offer up Isaac foreshadow?

Basenokuqalisa ukuzama ukumnyanga baze bamnyamekele ngokuqhubekayo.
They can try to initiate and nurture the healing process.

Abasemagunyeni bothuswa kukubona ukuba kwakunokuqhutywa iphulo elinjalo emva kwako konke okwakwenziwe ngurhulumente wamaNazi ukuzama ukuwuphelisa loo msebenzi.
Officials were shocked that such a campaign could be carried out after all that the Nazi government had done to suppress the work.

Olu hlobo lwe-“kinesiology” belusetyenziswa ukuzama ukufumanisa enoba ukutya okuthile, amayeza aziingcambu, okanye iivithamini zinokumnceda okanye zinokumenzakalisa loo mntu.
This sort of “kinesiology” has been used in an attempt to find out whether certain foods, herbs, or vitamins might help or harm a person.

Apho, indlela ababeziphethe ngayo abakhenkethi ababelapho “nababebonakala bebonisa ubukrwada bokuswel’ intlonelo ngendawo engcwele” yamdimaza njengoko “babesunduzana yaye abanye bengenelela phambi kwabanye ngendlela engabonisi buKristu kwaphela, besebenzisa amagxa neengqiniba ukuzama ukungena kumnyango omxinwa welo ngcwaba.
There, the behavior of fellow tourists “who seemed to manifest a blatant lack of respect for the sacred” discouraged him as they “pushed and shoved in a very un-Christian way, using shoulders and elbows to force a way through the narrow entrance to the sepulcher itself.