in an effort to

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Even his name is a pseudonym, all in an effort to protect his family, friends and contacts, he said.
就连他的姓名也是假名。他说，这一切都是为了保护他的家人、朋友和一些与他来往密切的人。
But in an effort to allay public fears on the urban campus, police have said the killing was not a "random act".
但是为了努力缓和公众对耶鲁大学的这一恐怖印象，警方表明，此事件绝非“随意行为”。
In an effort to further raise awareness, Dutch researchers have created a game that challenges players to control a new pandemic.
为了更进一步提高大众的体认，荷兰研究人员设计出一套游戏，让玩家挑战控制新的传染病。

In recent years the international community has deployed navy ships to guard the area in an effort to fight piracy.
Well a number of you have spent this past week playing with this particular tool which is a project the course has been working on for some time in an effort to make it easier and more social to actually shop for courses.
在过去的一周里,已经有一部分人开始使用这种特殊的工具了,这门课程一直在致力于这一工具的开发,目的是为了让课程变的更简单,选课更人性化。
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In other words, wealthy people, in an effort to alleviate penury, would create a savings bank.
换句话说,富人们要扶危济困,便建立了储蓄银行
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Tanker trucks spray water on the dirt roads in an effort to contain the dust.
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