| 单词 | attempt |
| 释义 | attempt /a'tempt; s'tempt/ vt 1 [VP7A, 6A] make a start at doing sth; try: 开始做; 试做; 尝试; 企图： The prisoners ~ed to escape/an escape but failed. 囚犯们企图逃狱, 但是失败了。 You have ~ed (-made a start at performing) a difficult task. 你开始了一项艰难的工作。 Don't ~ impossibilities, Don't try to do impossible things. 不要试做不可能的事情。 2 [VP6A] ~ sb's life, (old use) try to kill him. (旧用法) 意图谋害某人的性命。 n 1 ~ to do sth; ~ at doing sth, ~ing; effort to do sth: 尝试做某事; 企图做某事： They, made no ~ to escape/at escaping. 他们未曾企图脱逃。 His first ~ at English composition was poor. 他第一次作的英文作文很差。 They failed in all their ~s to climb the mountain. 他们攀登该山的一切尝试都失败了。 2 ~ at, sth not very well done: 未做成功之事： Her ~ at a Christmas cake had to be thrown away. 她的圣诞蛋糕做得不好，只好丢掉。 3 ~ on/upon. attack on: 攻击; 袭击： make an ~ on sb's life; 谋害某人的性命; an ~ on the world speed record. 打破世界速度记录的尝试。 |
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