attempts

英 [əˈtempts] 美 [əˈtempts]

n.  企图; 试图; 尝试; 杀人企图; (为超越某事物的)尝试，努力
v.  努力; 尝试; 试图
attempt的第三人称单数和复数

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  1. 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.
    1. 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。
    2. Before I could attempt a reply he added over his shoulder: 'Wait there.'
      还没等我回答他就回头又说了一句：“在那儿等着。”
  2. 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.
    1. ...a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence...
      经过深思熟虑的破坏该防御的尝试
    2. It was one of his rare attempts at humour.
      那是他极不常见的想要表现幽默的一次。
    3. ...their involvement in a coup attempt in September.
      他们参与了9月的那场失败的政变
  3. N-COUNT 杀人企图
    An attempt on some-one's life is an attempt to kill them.
    1. ...an attempt on the life of the former Iranian Prime Minister.
      试图杀害伊朗前总理
  4. 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.
    1. 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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双语例句

  1. There have been seven coup attempts against the beleaguered government.
    风雨飘摇的政府已经遭到了7次未遂政变的打击。
  2. His persistent attempts to complain to his superiors were blocked and ignored.
    他一再试图向上级投诉，但都被挡了回来并置之不理。
  3. Attempts have been made to bounce member states into decisions with major financial implications.
    已经努力迫使成员国制定具有重大金融意义的决策。
  4. Attempts to limit family size among some minorities are likely to cause problems
    试图在某些少数民族地区限制生育可能会引起问题。
  5. She showed real character in her attempts to win over the crowd
    她在努力获得民众的支持时，表现出真正的人格力量。
  6. His stumbling attempts at colloquial Russian amused her.
    他结结巴巴地学说俄语，把她逗乐了。
  7. Attempts to correlate specific language functions with particular parts of the brain have not advanced very far
    人们试图把特定的语言功能与大脑的某些特定部位联系起来，这一努力目前还没有取得很大进展。
  8. Unfortunately attempts to crossbreed it with other potatoes have been unsuccessful
    不幸的是，将它与其他土豆品种杂交的尝试均告失败。
  9. He took up piano lessons, combining standard classical exercises with his own attempts at Gershwin.
    他上钢琴课，一边进行标准的经典作品的练习，一边自己尝试练习格什温的作品。
  10. Three attempts on the British 200-metre record also ended in failure.
    对英国200米纪录发起的3次冲击也均以失败而告终。
  11. Attempts to intimidate people into voting for the governing party did not work.
    胁迫人们为执政党投票的企图没有成功。
  12. It may take a number of attempts, but it is worth keeping at it
    可能要试几次，但还是值得坚持的。
  13. Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure
    寻找平民志愿者的种种尝试都遭遇了令人难堪的失败。
  14. A series of coup attempts and mutinies within the armed forces destabilized the regime
    军队内部一连串的政变图谋和暴动动摇了该政权。
  15. The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury
    企图收买陪审团的指控传出后，审判在圣诞节前中止了。
  16. Numerous attempts to persuade him to write his memoirs came to nought.
    无数次劝他写回忆录的尝试均以失败告终。
  17. Despite numerous attempts to diet, her weight soared.
    尽管多次尝试节食，她的体重仍然飙升了。
  18. Previous attempts at filtering and oxygenating aquarium water had failed.
    之前尝试过几次将鱼缸中的水过滤并充氧，但都没有成功。
  19. His attempts to peddle his paintings around London's tiny gallery scene proved unsuccessful.
    他到伦敦小画廊兜售自己的画作，结果碰了一鼻子灰。
  20. All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed
    所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。
  21. She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions
    她从未放弃过探究我内心深处情感的尝试。
  22. Her attempts to reprimand him were quickly shouted down.
    她本想斥责他，但很快就被大声喝止了。
  23. They resisted our attempts to modernize the distribution of books.
    他们反对我们采用现代化方式发行图书。
  24. Attempts to resurrect the ceasefire have already failed once
    为再次停火作出的努力已经失败了一次。
  25. Their attempts to clean up politics and smash the power of party machines failed.
    他们力图重整政坛、摧毁现有的政党机器，却以失败收场。
  26. There have been previous attempts at coups. We regard such methods as entirely unacceptable
    以前也有人试图发动政变。我们绝对不能接受这种做法。
  27. His attempts to stop smoking by willpower alone failed.
    他多次想单凭意志力戒烟都没有成功。
  28. All their attempts at reaching the summit failed.
    他们攀登顶峰的一切尝试都失败了。
  29. The film attempts neither to dramatize nor sermonize.
    这部电影既不企图使用戏剧化的手法也不企图进行说教。
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