attempt

UK:  [ə'tempt]

US:  [ə'tempt]

复数：attempts  过去分词：attempted  现在分词：attempting  

v.

1.试,企图

2.〔古语〕企图杀害

3.尽力地,努力,设法

4.试探一下,试行

5.干,进行

6.窥伺,觊觎,意欲夺取;袭击

7.〔古语〕诱惑

8.需要

9.强迫…露出

10.达成

n.

1.尝试,企图…的尝试

2.企图,努力

3.一番努力

4.偷袭

5.勉强交流

6.预赛

7.作法

8.〔古语〕攻击,袭击

9.【法律】未遂(罪)

1 . We don't have to be funny, but the attempt tells students that we're trying to make the course more interesting.
我们不必很搞笑，但是这样的尝试让学生觉得我们在试着让课程更有趣。

2 . Unlike on previous occasions, he made no attempt to appear as Russia's strongman.
与以前不一样的是，他没有试图显得像个俄罗斯强人。

3 . He wouldn't change his idea once he's made up his mind. Any attempt to let him change will only be ploughing the air.
只要打定了主意，他是绝对不会再改变的。你再劝他也只是白费力气。

4 . This is an attempt to simplify a complex situation by presenting one specific group or person as the enemy.
这种手段试图将一个特定团体或者个人表现为敌人，从而简化一种复杂的情况。

5 . Any attempt to short-circuit the hierarchy is deemed an act of disloyalty and a violation of the traditional consensual corporate culture.
任何越级上报的行为都被视为是不忠诚以及破坏传统的共识性企业文化。