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attempt v.企图；尝试n.企图；试图 (1) 他企图掩饰有关他家庭的丑闻。(2) 我是最不可能去尝试回答这个问题。(3) 他努力学习试图通过考试。 The word attempt can also be used as a noun. It's an honest effort to do something. Your attempt to bake a birthday cake may look like a disaster, but the birthday boy will appreciate the effort anyway. The noun attempt can also mean an attack on a person or place, but in this case, it's best to hope that the attempt is not on your life. And never, ever attempt that sort of thing at home!

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英 [ə'tempt] 美 [ə'tempt] (1) He attempted to smother up the scandal about his family.(2) I would be the last to attempt to answer the question.(3) He studied hard in an attempt to pass the exam. To attempt is to make an effort. You may attempt to read a book, but if you fail, no harm. If you attempt to jump from one building to the next and fail . . . . Ouch. 1[VERB 动词]尝试，试图（尤指做困难的事） If you attempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it.   [V to-inf]  [V n]The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia...只有在费城那次我们曾试着做那样的事。Before I could attempt a reply he added over his shoulder: 'Wait there.'还没等我回答他就回头又说了一句：“在那儿等着。”2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（通常指不成功的）尝试，企图，试图 If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.   [usu with supp]...a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence...经过深思熟虑的破坏该防御的尝试It was one of his rare attempts at humour.那是他极不常见的想要表现幽默的一次。...their involvement in a coup attempt in September.他们参与了9月的那场失败的政变3[N-COUNT 可数名词]杀人企图 An attempt on some-one's life is an attempt to kill them.   [N on n]...an attempt on the life of the former Iranian Prime Minister.试图杀害伊朗前总理4[N-COUNT 可数名词]（运动员创造纪录的）尝试，冲击 In British English, if a sportsman or sportswoman makes an attempt on a sporting record, they try to beat it. In American English you say that they make an attempt to break it. Everything is almost ready for me to make another attempt on the record.一切几乎都已准备就绪，就等我向纪录发起再一次冲击了。

英语单词	attempt
英美音标	英 [ə'tempt] 美 [ə'tempt]
中文释义	v.企图；尝试 n.企图；试图
英语例句	(1) He attempted to smother up the scandal about his family. (2) I would be the last to attempt to answer the question. (3) He studied hard in an attempt to pass the exam.
中文例句	(1) 他企图掩饰有关他家庭的丑闻。 (2) 我是最不可能去尝试回答这个问题。 (3) 他努力学习试图通过考试。
vocabulary简明	To attempt is to make an effort. You may attempt to read a book, but if you fail, no harm. If you attempt to jump from one building to the next and fail . . . . Ouch.
vocabulary扩展	The word attempt can also be used as a noun. It's an honest effort to do something. Your attempt to bake a birthday cake may look like a disaster, but the birthday boy will appreciate the effort anyway. The noun attempt can also mean an attack on a person or place, but in this case, it's best to hope that the attempt is not on your life. And never, ever attempt that sort of thing at home!
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]尝试，试图（尤指做困难的事） If you attempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it. [V to-inf] [V n] The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia... 只有在费城那次我们曾试着做那样的事。 Before I could attempt a reply he added over his shoulder: 'Wait there.' 还没等我回答他就回头又说了一句：“在那儿等着。” 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（通常指不成功的）尝试，企图，试图 If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success. [usu with supp] ...a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence... 经过深思熟虑的破坏该防御的尝试 It was one of his rare attempts at humour. 那是他极不常见的想要表现幽默的一次。 ...their involvement in a coup attempt in September. 他们参与了9月的那场失败的政变 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]杀人企图 An attempt on some-one's life is an attempt to kill them. [N on n] ...an attempt on the life of the former Iranian Prime Minister. 试图杀害伊朗前总理 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（运动员创造纪录的）尝试，冲击 In British English, if a sportsman or sportswoman makes an attempt on a sporting record, they try to beat it. In American English you say that they make an attempt to break it. Everything is almost ready for me to make another attempt on the record. 一切几乎都已准备就绪，就等我向纪录发起再一次冲击了。

Attempt Make N Count 可数名词 I Effort Birthday [V