单词 | attempt |
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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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