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Attempt N Count Make Life 英[əˈtempt 美[əˈtɛmpt Vt.试图;尝试;N.进攻;尝试,冲击 Verb

单词 attempt
音标
英[əˈtempt] 美[əˈtɛmpt]
解释
vt.试图;尝试;n.进攻;尝试,冲击;
例句

VERB
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.
例: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。
例: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。”

N-COUNT
(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.
例:...a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence...经过深思熟虑的破坏该防御的尝试
例: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。

N-COUNT
杀人企图
An attempt on some-one's life is an attempt to kill them.
例:...an attempt on the life of the former Iranian Prime Minister.试图杀害伊朗前总理

N-COUNT
(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.
例: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。
变形
third:attempts~done:attempted~pl:attempts~ing:attempting~past:attempted~

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