attempt
attempt 英 [əˈtempt] 美 [əˈtɛmpt]
n. 试图； vt. 企图，试图
进行时:attempting 过去式:attempted 过去分词:attempted 第三人称单数:attempts 名词复数:attempts
- To attempt is to make an effort. You may attempt to read a book, but if you fail, no harm. If you attempt to jump from one building to the next and fail . . . . Ouch.
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- n. 试图；
- vt. 企图，试图
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1. I passed my driving test at the first attempt.
我考汽车驾驶执照时一次就通过了。
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2. They made no attempt to escape.
他们没有企图逃跑。
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3. Someone has made an attempt onthe President's life.
有人企图刺杀总统。
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4. I will attempt to answer all your questions.
我将努力回答你的全部问题。
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5. Do not attempt to repair this yourself.
不要试图自己修理这个东西。
- attempt (n.) 1530s, "a putting forth of effort in some difficult or uncertain endeavor," from attempt (v.). Meaning "effort to accomplish something by violence" is from 1580s, especially as an assault on someone's life.
- attempt (v.) late 14c., "seek or try to do, make an effort to perform," from Old French atempter (14c.), earlier atenter "to try, attempt, test" (Modern French attenter), from Latin attemptare "to try, make trial of; tamper with, seek to influence; attack, assail" (source also of Italian attentare, Old Provençal, Portuguese attentar, Spanish atentar), from assimilated form of ad "to, toward" (see ad-) + temptare "to try" (see tempt). Related: Attempted; attempting.
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