attempting
- v.尝试;试图;努力
- attempt的现在分词
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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.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。
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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....a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence...
经过深思熟虑的破坏该防御的尝试
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N-COUNT 杀人企图
An attempt on some-one's life is an attempt to kill them....an attempt on the life of the former Iranian Prime Minister.
试图杀害伊朗前总理
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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.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。
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And we are in the process of attempting that identification .
但是，我们正在努力确定他的身份。
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It is well worth the country attempting to keep them here .
国家努力把这些人留住是非常值得的。
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Someone has made an attempt on the President 's life .
有人企图刺杀总统。
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I passed my driving test at the first attempt .
我考汽车驾驶执照一次就通过了。
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That wasn 't bad for a first attempt .
第一次尝试，还算不错。
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Two factories were closed in an attempt to cut costs .
为削减费用，关闭了两家工厂。
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He made a genuine attempt to improve conditions .
他真心实意地努力改善环境。
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One region is attempting to buck the trend of economic decline .
其中一个地区正试图挡住经济衰退的趋势。
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Their recent attempt to increase sales has been a dismal failure .
他们最近努力想提高销售量，全是白费劲。
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It was another attempt to distract attention from the truth .
这又是企图分散人们对事实真相的注意力。
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She was thwarted in her attempt to take control of the party .
她控制这个政党的企图受阻了。
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Her suicide attempt was really a cry for help .
她企图自杀实际上表明她迫切需要帮助。
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I will attempt to answer all your questions .
我将努力回答你的全部问题。
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This appointment was an attempt to strengthen her hand in policy discussions .
这次任命旨在加强她在政策讨论中的作用。
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The story was an attempt to smear the party leader .
这篇报道企图玷污该党领袖的声誉。
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The attempt to expand the business was a catastrophe for the firm .
扩展业务的尝试使这家公司陷入困境。
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They made no attempt to escape .
他们没有企图逃跑。
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They were attempting to trade off inflation against unemployment .
他们正力求在通货膨胀和失业之间进行协调。
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The couple made an unsuccessful attempt at a compromise .
这对夫妇试图和解但未成功。
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It was an attempt to elevate football to a subject worthy of serious study .
这是试图将足球拔高成一门学科来进行严肃的研究。
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Do not attempt to repair this yourself .
不要试图自己修理这个东西。
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She only did it in a misguided attempt to help .
她是要帮忙，只是想法不对头。
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She made no attempt to hide her displeasure at the prospect .
她没有掩饰自己对将要发生的事很不高兴。
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Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure .
任何构建理想社会的努力都注定要失败。
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The speech was a deliberate attempt to embarrass the government .
这一发言蓄意使政府难堪。
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She made no attempt to disguise her surprise .
她毫不掩饰自己的惊奇。
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Thousands of Victorian workers joined educational associations in an attempt to better themselves .
维多利亚时代成千上万名工人加入了各种教育协会，以求上进。
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Scientists are attempting to compare features of extinct animals with living analogues .
科学家正试图把已灭绝动物的特征与现存类似动物相比较。
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She made a gallant attempt to hide her tears .
她强掩泪水。
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It would be sheer insanity to attempt the trip in such bad weather .
天气这么糟糕还要去旅行，太荒唐了。