take measures 表示“采取措施”。若表達“采取有效措施”用take effective measures表示。
如：The government should take effective measures to cope with the problem.
政府應(yīng)采取有效措施解決這一問題。
make efforts 努力做……
如：Further efforts should be made the help the vegetables farmers to cope with the difficulties.
要繼續(xù)幫助菜農(nóng)解決困難。
find ways to do sth. 找到做某事的方法
如：We must find ways to assure our children a decent start in life.
我們必須尋找使孩子們有個良好的開始的方法。
word hard to...努力……
The government has been working hard to lower the rate of inflation.
政府已努力降低通貨膨脹率。
do much to.../do a great deal to...或much has been done to.../a great deal has been done to....
如：A great deal has been done to protect children from the harmful influence of bad TV programs.
已經(jīng)采取很多措施，使孩子免受不好的電視節(jié)目的不良影響。