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基本釋義

v.
努力,嘗試,企圖
n.
努力,嘗試,(殺人)企圖

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

Do not attempt to repair this yourself.

不要試圖自己修理這個(gè)東西。

牛津詞典

The prisoners attempted an escape, but failed.

囚犯企圖逃跑,但失敗了。

牛津詞典

I will attempt to answer all your questions.

我將努力回答你的全部問題。

牛津詞典

Two factories were closed in an attempt to cut costs.

為削減費(fèi)用,關(guān)閉了兩家工廠。

牛津詞典

They made no attempt to escape.

他們沒有企圖逃跑。

牛津詞典

I passed my driving test at the first attempt .

我考汽車駕駛執(zhí)照一次就通過了。

牛津詞典

The couple made an unsuccessful attempt at a compromise.

這對(duì)夫婦試圖和解但未成功。

牛津詞典

Someone has made an attempt on the President's life .

有人企圖刺殺總統(tǒng)。

牛津詞典

his attempt on the world land speed record

他為創(chuàng)造陸上速度世界紀(jì)錄所作的嘗試

牛津詞典

Everything is almost ready for me to make another attempt on the record.

一切幾乎都已準(zhǔn)備就緒,就等我向紀(jì)錄發(fā)起再一次沖擊了。

The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia...

只有在費(fèi)城那次我們?cè)囍瞿菢拥氖隆?/p>

Before I could attempt a reply he added over his shoulder: 'Wait there.'

還沒等我回答他就回頭又說了一句:“在那兒等著。”

...a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence...

經(jīng)過深思熟慮的破壞該防御的嘗試

It was one of his rare attempts at humour.

那是他極不常見的想要表現(xiàn)幽默的一次。

...an attempt on the life of the former Iranian Prime Minister.

試圖殺害伊朗前總理

The enemy troops were put to rout all along the line.

敵軍已全線崩潰.

辭典例句

Hitherto he had experienced no great success in his attempt.

到目前為止,他的嘗試還沒獲得成功.

《簡明英漢詞典》

He dived his hand into his pocket in an attempt to find the key.

他把手伸到口袋里摸,試圖找到那把鑰匙.

《簡明英漢詞典》

They were foiled in their attempt.

他們的企圖成了泡影.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.

警衛(wèi)阻擾了他越獄的企圖.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Over a year passed before the first attempt was made.

一年多的時(shí)間過去之后,才作了首次嘗試.

《用法詞典》

Writers of history books often attempt to integrate the past with the present.

寫歷史書的人總是力圖把過去與現(xiàn)在聯(lián)系起來.

《簡明英漢詞典》

We retraced our route in an attempt to get back on the right path.

我們折返,想回到正確的路上.

《簡明英漢詞典》

They made an attempt on a fortress.

他們?cè)噲D奪取這一要塞.

《簡明英漢詞典》

He made an unsuccessful attempt to stop the thief.

他試圖捉住小偷,但未能成功.

《簡明英漢詞典》

That was an abortive attempt.

這是一種失敗的嘗試.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

Scientists think they have broken through in their attempt to find the causes of many major diseases.

科學(xué)家們認(rèn)為,他們?cè)谔剿髦饕“Y的病因方面有了新的進(jìn)展.

《簡明英漢詞典》

真題例句

The scientists suggest this may be an attempt to calm humans down.

出自-2017年6月聽力原文

A snowmobile driver had repeatedly attempted to harm her and her team, and one of Zircle’s dogs had received a non-lifethreatening injury.

出自-2017年6月聽力原文

You should live your life attempting to identify and control those things which you can genuinely control.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

As she neared the end of her prison sentence, a well-known columnist wrote that she was paying her dues, and that there is simply no reason for anyone to attempt to deny her right to start anew.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Many of its 800 stores are likely to close following the company’s decision to call in administrators after an attempt to sell the business for a token £1 failed.

出自-2015年12月聽力原文

To show its early attempt to reinvent itself.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together.

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

About 9% attempted to conceal "nonessential Internet use," and nearly 4% reported feeling "preoccupied by the Internet when offline.

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

As she neared the end of her prison sentence, a well-known columnist wrote that she was "paying her dues," and that " there is simply no reason for anyone to attempt to deny her right to start anew."

2015年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

Many of its 800 stores are likely to close following the company's decision to call in administrators after an attempt to sell the business for a token £1 failed.

2015年12月四級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

Very Serious People's attempt to cripple the economy.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this ecological overshoot of the human economy, and found that we are using 1.2 Earth's-worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in, and all those services—the things which the planet does for us for free—will grind to a halt.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Missing from these bills is any serious attempt to rein in malpractice costs.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Brown and the Stockholm declaration were both attempting to point out.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Advertising informs consumers about the existence and benefits ofproducts and services and attempts to persuade them to buy them.

出自-2015年12月聽力原文

As the brain attempts to force the unsteady hand to do its bidding, the tension between the two results in a more compressed, psychologically denser expression.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

By recapturing the attempt of the monarch and noting where they came from, the next scientist can figure out things like butterfly's age and its routing

出自-2014年6月聽力原文

Well, as your union representative, I have to warn you that it would take quite a while to force management to replace the old machines and attempt to get you transferred may or may not be successful.

出自-2012年12月聽力原文

Hawking was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCF) at Cambridge University, a multi-disciplinary institute that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions raised by the rapid pace of development

2019年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

I was lucky that my last desperate attempt led to a job.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section A

It is the season for some frantic last-minute math一across the country, employees of all stripes are counting backward in an attempt to figure out just how much paid time-off they have left in their reserves.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

missing from these bills is any serious attempt to rein in malpractice costs.

2016年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

These improvements don't mean we shouldn't attempt to control our use of technology.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Every year about 40, 000 people attempt to climb kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.

2019年高考英語全國卷I 完形填空 原文

For years researchers have attempted to show that television is dangerous to children.

2015年高考英語廣東卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

It is an attempt to deal with a set of weighty topics.

2015年高考英語湖北卷 閱讀理解 閱讀E 原文

Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely uncomfortable; therefore attempts may be made to fill every gap 間隙 with conversation.

2016年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the "death valley" of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.

2017年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

These problems partly involve Brooks's attempt to translate his tale into science.

2015年高考英語湖北卷 閱讀理解 閱讀E 原文

In his work, he attempted to show how all aspects of culture changed together in the evolution of societies.

出自-2009年考研閱讀原文

Russell Gray at the University of Auckland and his colleagues consider the evolution of grammars in the light of two previous attempts to find universality in language.

出自-2012年考研翻譯原文

In most of the homeless gardens of New York City the actual cultivation of plants is unfeasible, yet even so the compositions often seem to represent attempts to call arrangement of materials, an institution of colors, small pool of water, and a frequent presence of petals or leaves as well as of stuffed animals.

出自-2013年考研翻譯原文

Across the Atlantic came successive groups of Englishmen, Frenchmen, Germans, Scots, Irishmen, Dutchmen, Swedes, and many others who attempted to transplant their habits and traditions to the new world.

出自-2015年考研翻譯原文

A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under America’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

出自-2016年考研閱讀原文

This is why repeated attempts at reform legislation have failed in recent years, leaving the Postal Service unable to pay its bills except by deferring vital modernization.

出自-2018年考研閱讀原文

It is an ambitious attempt to blunt the sharpest edges of globalization, and make capitalism benign.

2011年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something;

    "made an effort to cover all the reading material"

    "wished him luck in his endeavor"

    "she gave it a good try"

  • 2. the act of attacking;

    "attacks on women increased last year"

    "they made an attempt on his life"

Verb
  • 1. make an effort or attempt;

    "He tried to shake off his fears"

    "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"

    "The police attempted to stop the thief"

    "He sought to improve himself"

    "She always seeks to do good in the world"

  • 2. enter upon an activity or enterprise

同義詞辨析

attempt, try, endeavour, strive

這些動(dòng)詞均含有"試圖,努力,力圖"之意。

  • attempt:較正式用詞,側(cè)重已經(jīng)開始,且希望完成,但常隱含著不一定有預(yù)期的結(jié)果。
  • try:普通用詞,可與attempt換用,但強(qiáng)調(diào)努力或嘗試,后跟不定式表示努力或爭??;后跟動(dòng)名詞表示嘗試。
  • endeavour:正式用詞,指盡最大努力、認(rèn)真地克服困難去做某事。
  • strive和endeavour一樣,表示付出巨大努力,但strive側(cè)重勞累與緊張,而不強(qiáng)調(diào)努力的結(jié)果。

同義詞

反義詞

vt. & vi.嘗試;努力

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