attempt
n. 尝试, 企图 vt. 尝试, 企图
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教材释义与例句
企图，试图；攻击
an act of trying to do something, especially something difficult
企图，试图；尝试
to try to do something, especially something difficult
释义与例句
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1.
The action of trying at something.
尝试
We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn’t manage.
This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.
It was worth the attempt.
No matter how many failed attempts we made, we maintained a positive attitude and tried again and again until we succeeded.
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2.
An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
未遂
No man can charge us of any attempt against the realm.
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3.
A substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).
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4.
An act of trying to commit suicide
Her attempt was not successful, and resulted in her being hospitalized.
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1.
To try.
尝试
试
试图
to attempt an escape from prison
I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse.
A group of 80 budding mountaineers attempted Kilimanjaro, but 30 of them didn’t make it to the top.
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2.
To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
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3.
To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
古体one who attempts the virtue of a woman
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4.
To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
古体to attempt the enemy’s camp
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5.
To make a substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).
词汇关系
词源
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin temptō Latin attemptōder. Old French atempterbor. Middle English attempten English attempt Late 14th century, as Middle English attempten, from Old French atempter, from Latin attemptō (“to try, solicit”), from ad- (“to”) + temptō; see tempt. The noun is from the 1530s, the sense "an assault on somebody's life, assassination attempt" (French attentat) is from 1580. By surface analysis, at- + tempt.
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