attempt
[ə'tempt]
v.企图, 尝试
n.企图, 试图
例句与用法:
My first attempt at a chocolate cake tasted horrible.
我首次试做的巧克力蛋糕难吃极了。
Before they fled the country, the enemy vainly attempted to destroy all the factories.
敌人在逃往国外前,妄图把所有工厂都毁掉。
He didn't pass the exam, but it was a good attempt.
他虽然没有通过考试,但他做了很大的努力。
词形变化:
形容词: attemptable | 名词: attempter | 动词过去式: attempted | 动词过去分词: attempted | 动词现在分词: attempting | 动词第三人称单数: attempts |
vt.
1. 试图; 企图; 试图做[+to-v][+v-ing]
They attempted to finish the task before July.
他们试图在七月以前完成这项任务。
2. 试图攻占
They attempted the life of the dictator.
他们试图杀死这个独裁者。
n.[C]
1. 企图, 尝试[(+at/on)][+to-v]
He made an attempt on the world record.
他试图打破世界纪录。
Her attempt at poetry was a failure.
她尝试写诗失败了。
2. 攻击[(+on)]
Several attempts have been made on the president's life.
已经有人三番五次试图谋杀总统。
attempt
过去式:attempted
过去分词:attempted
现在进行时:attempting
名词复数:attempts
词形变化:
形容词: attemptable | 名词: attempter | 动词过去式: attempted | 动词过去分词: attempted | 动词现在分词: attempting | 动词第三人称单数: attempts |
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.试图; 企图; 努力
try
endeavor
undertake
strive
make an effort
同义参见:
offer
venture
struggle
stroke1
effort
shot2
essay2
反义:
vt.vi.尝试; 努力
quit
abandon
attempt[ə'tempt]vt.1.■努力去做,试图做(或完成等);试图,企图,力图;尝试:to attempt an impossible task试图完成一项不可能的任务to attempt a debate企图争辩2.■试图夺取或攻克(堡垒、要塞等);试图征服(高山);竭力反对;袭击,攻击;夺取;破坏;[古语]企图杀害或夺去(生命):to attempt a person’s life企图杀害某人3.■[古语]诱惑,引诱n.1.■尝试,试图,企图,努力,尽力2.■试图夺取;进攻,袭击,攻击;(尤指)企图杀害,行刺,谋杀3.■(尤指不理想的)尝试结果 3. [古语]诱惑,引诱近义词tryattempt the impossible想做做不到的事;缘木求鱼attempt the life of企图杀害某人in an (或 one’s) attempt to力图,试图make an attempt at(或 to do)打算,试图make an attempt on试图夺取make an attempt on someone’s life企图谋杀某人
attemptattempt[əˈtempt]vt.1.■尝试; 企图2.■袭击; 攻击3.■夺取4.■[古]企图杀害attempt to carry out a plan试图执行某一计划attempt sb.'s life企图杀害某人
词性变化attempt[əˈtempt]n.1.■努力尝试2.■袭击, 攻击3.■【律】未遂罪行为abandon the attempts放弃尝试abort the attempt中断尝试abortive attempt试举失败ILS attempt试图用仪表着陆系统着陆interception attempt截击(目标的)企图landing attempt着陆企图second attempt第二次试跳an attempt at murder谋杀未遂an attempt at an offense未遂罪
继承用法attemptabilityn.attemptableadj.attemptern.
verb
- [with obj.]make an effort to achieve or complete (something, typically a difficult task or action)
试图做(或完成)
she attempted a comeback in 1989.
她在1989年曾试图东山再起。
[with infinitive]troops shot civilians who attempted to flee.
军队击毙企图逃走的平民。
■try to climb to the top of (a mountain)
试图登上(山顶)
the expedition was the first to attempt Panch Chuli V.
那支探险队是第一个试图登上班杰楚利山第五峰的。
■(archaic)try to take (a life)
(古)企图夺取(生命)
he would not have attempted the life of a friend.
他不会试图杀害朋友。
- an act of trying to achieve something, typically one that is unsuccessful or not certain to succeed
尝试;努力
[with infinitive]an attempt to halt the bombings.
阻止轰炸的努力。
any attempt at talking politics ended in a fit of the giggles.
每次想谈论政治都引来一阵傻笑。
an abortive coup attempt.
一次流产的政变企图。
■an effort to surpass a record or conquer a mountain
试图打破纪录;试图征服高山
■a bid to kill someone
企图杀害
Karakozov made an attempt on the Tsar's life.
卡拉科佐夫试刺杀死沙皇。
■a thing produced as a result of trying to make or achieve something
尝试结果
she picked her first attempt at a letter out of the wastebasket.
她第一次从废纸篓里捡到了一封信。
attemptable
adjective
语源
- late Middle English : from Old French attempter, from Latin attemptare, from ad- 'to' + temptare 'to tempt'
attempt
名词 attempt:
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
同义词:effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
the act of attacking
同义词:attack
动词 attempt:
make an effort or attempt
enter upon an activity or enterprise
attempt
■In the early nineteen century every attempt to make rubber hard and strong came to nothing.
19世纪初,一切想使橡胶变得硬而结实的尝试都失败了。
■An astronaut will attempt to leave the stationary spaceship and then return to it.
一名宇航员试着离开静止不动的宇宙飞船,然后再返回。
■An attempt to recapture the past.
一次重温过去的尝试
■Mps attempt to obstruct the passage of the bill .
下院议员企图阻止议案的通过。
■Do not attempt impossibilities .
不要试图做不可能的事情。
■Do not attempt to repair this yourself.
不要试图自己修理这个东西。
■He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us .
为了诽谤我们,他一直在到处散布流言蜚语。
■A technique which uses two or more input/output units in an attempt to speed up input and output operations.
为加速输入输出操作,使用两个或多个输入输出部件的技术。同ORoperation。
■Jonathan rs first attempt was 5.71m.
乔纳森的第一次试跳是5米71。
■An attempt to overturn the government was made.
人们试图推翻这个政府。
■What emboldens him to make the attempt?
什么东西使他有胆量去作此尝试?
■Economically speaking the New Deal was an attempt on the part of the Roosevelt government to pull the United States out of the great economic crisis of1929-1933.
从经济方面来说,新政是罗斯福政府的一种企图,想借此摆脱1929-1933年的严重经济危机。
■He hazarded all his money in the attempt to save the business.
他为挽救这家企业,不惜冒险投入他的全部金钱。
■He never attempt to placate his enemy.
他从不企图与敌人和解。
■His previous attempt was successful.
他以前的尝试成功了。
■They made a desperate attempt to save the company.
他们为挽救公司作孤注一掷的努力。
■They made no attempt to escape/at escaping.
他们并未图谋逃跑。
■Their attempt to restore the king failed.
他们想使国王复位的企图失败了。
■Their attempt to overthrow the government ended in nothing.
他们推翻政府的企图终成泡影。
■They made no attempt at escaping.
他们没有试图逃走。
■Their attempt is destined to failure.
他们的企图注定要失败。
■They made an attempt on a fortress.
他们试图夺取这一要塞。
■There is little probability of their succeeding in the attempt.
他们这一尝试成功的可能性很小。
■Their attempt to recapture the city was foiled by a traitor.
他们重新夺回这座城市的企图被叛徒打破了。
■He attempt to smother up a scandal about his family.
他企图掩饰有关他家庭的丑闻。
■His attempt to deceive us was foiled.
他企图欺骗我们,但最终失败了。
■He was foiled in his attempt to deceive us/His attempt to deceive us was foiled.
他企图欺骗我们,但没有得逞。
■His attempt to discredit his opponent boomeranged (on him) when he was charged with libel.
他企图败坏对手名声反而自食其果,被控以诽谤罪。
■He made a half-hearted attempt.
他做了一次不积极的尝试。
■He made his final forlorn attempt.
他做了最后一次几乎无望的努力。
■His maiden attempt at writing was in 1931.
他初次尝试写作是在1931年。
■He studied hard in an attempt to pass the exam.
他努力学习试图通过考试。
■He made a valiant attempt to rescue the child.
他勇敢地试着去救那孩子。
■He plighted his word to attempt it.
他发誓一试。
■He was discouraged from making another attempt.
他受劝阻去做另一次的尝试。
■He made on last attempt to break the would record.
他向世界记录进行最后的冲刺.(打破世界记录)
■He keeps up a running commentary on my attempt to get the machine go.
他对我试图把那辆机器开动不断地发表意见。
■He soon gave up the attempt in despair.
他很快就失望地放弃尝试。
■He was foiled in his attempt to escape.
他想逃亡的企图因遭到阻挠而落空了。
■All his attempt to get a lob have fail.
他找工作的全部尝试均已落空。
■He cut desperately at me rope in an attempt to free his foot.
他拼命地割那根绳子,以摆脱脚上的束缚。
■He flourished the weapon in an attempt at bravado.
他挥舞武器意在恐吓。
■He made a weak attempt to look cheerful.
他有气无力地摆出高兴的样子。
■He made a half-hearted attempt to justify himself.
他没有尽力证明自己有理。
■He made no attempt to throw any follower off.
他没有试图甩掉任何跟踪的人。
■He is hopeful of succeeding in the attempt.
他满怀希望地期待这次能够成功。
■His attempt proved an abortion.
他的企图完全失败了。
■He was foiled in his attempt.
他的企图成为泡影了。
■He was balked in his attempt.
他的企图遭到了挫折。
■His smile deepened, but he made no attempt to answer.
他的微笑加深了,但他没有打算要回答。