Attempting
[ə'temptɪŋ]
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attempt
手打:波莱特
例句:
- Here, again, he disarmed me by not attempting to defend himself. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I am attempting to suggest some of the essentials of a statesman's equipment for the work of a humanly centered politics. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- In attempting to prove that the soul has three separate faculties, Plato takes occasion to discuss what makes difference of faculties. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- There's no use attempting the impossible. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- I think either of these methods is preferable to attempting to carry ensilage in baskets any distance. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- Elizabeth made no answer; and without attempting to persuade her ladyship to return into the house, walked quietly into it herself. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- The army it had to fight was the protection to the capital of a people which was attempting to found a nation upon the territory of the United States. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- She appeared to be cross-questioning me, attempting to draw from me information unawares. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- At nine the next morning I rang my bell, being quite worn out with attempting it. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Here the whole army concentrated before attempting to cross. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- There was a cow-dung in the path, and I must need try my activity by attempting to leap over it. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- And then she told him all--told him the truth word by word, without attempting to shield herself or condone her error. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Elinor perceived with alarm that she was not quite herself, and, while attempting to soothe her, eagerly felt her pulse. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- Just as forlorn and stupefied as I was when my husband's spirit flew away I have sat ever since--never attempting to mend matters at all. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Tolerable sport the first three days, but there has been no attempting anything since. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- It's perfectly useless, my Lord, attempting to get at any evidence through the impenetrable stupidity of this witness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- He had deposed and murdered his father Chosroes II, and he was attempting to reorganize the Persian military forces. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Attempting once to scold her in public, Rebecca hit upon the before-mentioned plan of answering her in French, which quite routed the old woman. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It was as though she were attempting to read my inmost soul, to judge my character and my standards of chivalry in that long-drawn, searching gaze. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- At the same time, I suspect him of merely attempting to frighten you, by threatening what he cannot really do. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- For it is Theodore Roosevelt who is actually attempting to make himself and his admirers the heroes of a new social myth. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- St. John called me to his side to read; in attempting to do this my voice failed me: words were lost in sobs. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Well, that did not prevent them from attempting to shoot him in his own house. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- We should not approach his meaning more nearly by attempting to define it further. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Then it became evident to Xerxes, watching the combat, that his fleet was attempting flight. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- And as to laughter, we will not expose ourselves, if you please, by attempting to laugh without a subject. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- It was doubtless from some sad experience in ignorantly attempting to put fetters on it. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Perhaps even now she was attempting to defend herself against some savage man or beast. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- They were attempting about this time to raise it still further, to twelve and a-half per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Ridicule was heaped upon him in the public prints, and mathematics were called into service by learned men to settle the point forever that he was attempting the utterly impossible. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
手打:波莱特