Attempt
[ə'tem(p)t] or [ə'tɛmpt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; 'made an effort to cover all the reading material'; 'wished him luck in his endeavor'; 'she gave it a good try'.
伯特伦編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
(v. t.) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
(v. t.) To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.
(v. t.) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp.
(v. i.) To make an attempt; -- with upon.
(n.) A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort.
編輯:珀尔
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Try, assay, essay, make trial or experiment of.[2]. Undertake, go about, set about, take in hand, endeavor to accomplish.
v. n. Try, strive, endeavor, seek, aim, make an attempt, make essay, do one's best, do all that in one lies, strain every nerve, leave no stone unturned.
n. Effort, trial, essay, endeavor, experiment, undertaking, enterprise.
手打:西尔维亚
同義詞及反義詞:
[See EFFORT]
SYN:Try, endeavor, strive, undertake, seek, essay, attack, violate, force
ANT:Disregard, abandon, pretermit, dismiss, neglect, shun, drop
迪克整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to try or endeavour: to try to obtain: tempt entice: to make an effort or attack upon.—v.i. to make an attempt or trial.—n. a trial: endeavour or effort: a personal assault: (Milton) temptation: (law) any act which can fairly be described as one of a series which if uninterrupted and successful would constitute a crime.—n. Attemptabil′ity.—adj. Attempt′able that may be attempted.—n. Attempt′er (Milton) a tempter.
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例句/造句/用法:
- But this base attempt to injure Mr. Pickwick recoiled upon the head of its calumnious author. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- In the main, however, this work is an attempt to find a basis for ethics in natural p henomena. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- A cursory examination of the latter revealed no mortal injuries and after a brief rest he asserted that he felt fit to attempt the return voyage. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- It is at present a quite inexplicable story, and we give these preposterous facts with no attempt to rationalize them. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- So far as practice is concerned the attempt is an absurdity. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I copied as quickly as I could, but at nine o'clock I had only done nine articles, and it seemed hopeless for me to attempt to catch my train. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- I made no attempt to disturb her. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Numerous attempts were consequently made to obtain a more sensitive material. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- If he attempts to run away from you, knock him down, or lock him up. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The artist studies the progress of his own attempts to see what succeeds and what fails. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- While failure is sometimes the outcome of the water-finder’s attempts, success as often and, indeed, according to the testimony of Professor Barrett, more often crowns his efforts. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- But I regret to state that the fright I had given him proved too much for his best attempts at concealment. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Without any mention of the various attempts to produce such a device, let us, as briefly as possible, describe the means used in most watches of American manufacture. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Deliberate revolt or deliberate attempts to deceive others may result. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- 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. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I attempted to gain time--nay, I did worse. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Every time I attempted to start, my new horse would commence to kick. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- If anyone says that I attempted to stop your marriage by any but honest means, that person, too, does not speak the truth. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Gigantic attempted Robbery. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Something of the same kind was afterwards attempted in morals. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Here, again, he disarmed me by not attempting to defend himself. 威爾基·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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- In attempting to prove that the soul has three separate faculties, Plato takes occasion to discuss what makes difference of faculties. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- There's no use attempting the impossible. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I think either of these methods is preferable to attempting to carry ensilage in baskets any distance. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Elizabeth made no answer; and without attempting to persuade her ladyship to return into the house, walked quietly into it herself. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- 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·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
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