Try
[traɪ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; 'try the yak butter'; 'render fat in a casserole'.
(verb.) test the limits of; 'You are trying my patience!'.
(verb.) give pain or trouble to; 'I've been sorely tried by these students'.
(verb.) make an effort or attempt; 'He tried to shake off his fears'; 'The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps'; 'The police attempted to stop the thief'; 'He sought to improve himself'; 'She always seeks to do good in the world'.
乔伊手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good.
(v. t.) To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.
(v. t.) To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.
(v. t.) To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.
(v. t.) To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.
(v. t.) To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.
(v. t.) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.
(v. t.) To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.
(v. t.) To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.
(v. t.) To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
(v. i.) To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.
(v. i.) To do; to fare; as, how do you try!
(n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
(n.) Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
(v. t.) Refined; select; excellent; choice.
手打:柯尔斯顿
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Examine, test, prove, make experiment of, make trial of, put to the test, put to proof.[2]. Experience, have knowledge of (by trial).[3]. Attempt, essay.[4]. Hear, examine judicially.
v. n. Attempt, endeavor, strive, aim, seek, make an effort, make essay, do one's best, do all that in one lies, strain every nerve, leave no stone unturned.
艾琳編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Attempt, endeavor, strive, aim, examine, test, sound, gauge, probe, fathom
ANT:Ignore, pretermit, reject, abandon, discard, misexamine, misinvestigate
校對:诺艾尔
解釋/意思:
v.t. to put to the test or proof: to sift: to prove by experiment: to purify: to examine judiciously: to determine settle: to examine carefully or experimentally: to experience: to attempt: to use as means: to put to severe trial cause suffering to: to bring to a decision to settle.—v.i. to endeavour: to make an effort: (Shak.) to prove by experience: (obs.) to keep a ship's bows to the sea during a gale:—pa.t. and pa.p. tried (trīd).—n. a trial: effort: in Rugby football the score of three points gained by a player who succeeds in placing the ball with his hand over the enemy's line.—adj. Tried proved experienced.—n. Trī′er.—adjs. Try′able Trī′able capable of being tried; Trye (Spens.) proved excellent.—n. Try′-house a place in which oil is extracted from blubber &c.—adj. Try′ing making trial or proof of: adapted to try: searching: severe.—Try on to put on for trial as a garment: to attempt; Try back to revert hark back.
編輯:基蒂
例句/造句/用法:
- Difficulties arise when we try to apply this wisdom in the present. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Then suppose you try, ma'am,' said Bounderby, laying an envelope with a cheque in it in her little basket. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I'll try not to be vain, said Amy. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I try, but every day I lose a little, and feel more sure that I shall never gain it back. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He flourished back and got his cup and set it down triumphantly, and said: Just try that mixture once, Captain Duncan. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Try, said he; the soup is very good. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I can bring myself to promise nothing more tonight, Lizzie, except that I will try what I can do. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I suppose they have not done trying on yet. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- She had not thought of her own situation at all: she was simply engrossed in trying to put a little order in theirs. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Now she was simply ripening into a copy of her mother, and mysteriously, by the very process, trying to turn him into a Mr. Welland. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- She had been trying the new piano all the morning. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He laughed, trying to hold it in because the shaking hurt his arm. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- His Democratic opponents, especially Woodrow Wilson, are, as I write, in the midst of the Presidential campaign of 1912, trying to focus attention on the tariff. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- She knew he was trying to break away from her finally, to be free. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He tried to look knowing over the Latin grammar when little Rawdon showed him what part of that work he was in. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Poor Oliver tried to keep up with the coach a little way, but was unable to do it, by reason of his fatigue and sore feet. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Little Dorrit tried to stop her from saying anything, but she answered that she would, she must! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I think I must have tried about everything in those books. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Elinor tried to talk of something else; but Miss Steele could not be kept beyond a couple of minutes, from what was uppermost in her mind. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- I even tried poetry. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- And that wretch stands there, and tries to make me doubt that my mother, who was an angel on earth, is an angel in heaven now! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- If it fails on its merits, he doesn't worry or fret about it, but, on the contrary, regards it as a useful fact learned; remains cheerful and tries something else. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- One tries to serve two masters at once. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- When it tries to do so by sumptuary legislation, nothing but mischief is invoked. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- You are rather too kind sometimes, and then just a trifle hasty when he tries your patience. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- One tries each course by turns. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Then the soul of the thirsty one, in so far as he is thirsty, desires only drink; for this he yearns and tries to obtain it? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
埃菲編輯