Attempted

例句:

• The tears did not glisten there, as they did in Leinster's; but they fell in torrents as he attempted to take leave of me. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I attempted to gain time--nay, I did worse. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Every time I attempted to start, my new horse would commence to kick. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• If anyone says that I attempted to stop your marriage by any but honest means, that person, too, does not speak the truth. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Gigantic attempted Robbery. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The Christians lost Jerusalem again in 1244; it was taken from them very easily by the Sultan of Egypt when they attempted an intrigue against him. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Something of the same kind was afterwards attempted in morals. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In what state the affair stood at present between them, Edward knew not, for no communication with any of his family had yet been attempted by him. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• I rose to take leave of him; and attempted to express the grateful sense of his kindness which I really felt. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• When Parliament refused supplies, he demanded loans from various subjects, and attempted similar illegal exactions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Never by word or deed have you attempted to take advantage of my defenceless condition to insult or torture me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• To have attempted to dive below her would have put us entirely at her mercy, and precisely where she wanted us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The management beg leave to offer to the public an entertainment surpassing in magnificence any thing that has heretofore been attempted on any stage. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Happily she never attempted to joke, and this perhaps was the most decisive mark of her cleverness. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The latter attempted to rush in and break up the formation, but it was like stopping a buzz saw with the bare hand. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• In the Roman state it was not even attempted. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The king took a high line, and attempted to disperse the Third Estate by force. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Mrs. Yeobright attempted to drink, but it was so warm as to give her nausea, and she threw it away. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I attempted to approach her--I was shocked and grieved, but, it is needless to say, not offended. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The imitation of the action of horses' hoofs was one of the means attempted, but such additional aids were eventually found to be of no avail, and were discontinued. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• I have attempted to make my poor friend's loss of memory the means of bettering my acquaintance with you. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Mrs. Dashwood again assured him that no alteration of the kind should be attempted. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• As late as 1786 improvements were being attempted in England on this old Gallic machine. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Once I had a spill in France when I attempted it. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It was the very house they had attempted to rob. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• If I had had the least idea of what it contained I should certainly not have attempted to open it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• And I even attempted, more than once, for my own private satisfaction, to employ his methods in their solution, though with indifferent success. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Seven days ago, after her audience with Zat Arras, Dejah Thoris attempted to slip from the palace in the dead of night. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The generals in command of the Rhine legions, the Palatine troops, and the eastern armies, each attempted to seize power. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Notwithstanding the edict of 1766, by which the French king attempted to reduce the rate of interest from five to four per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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