attempt
- IPA[əˈtem(p)t]
美式
- make an effort to achieve or complete (something, typically a difficult task or action)；try to climb to the top of (a mountain)
- an act of trying to achieve something, typically one that is unsuccessful or not certain to succeed；an effort to surpass a record or conquer a mountain
verb: attempt, 3rd person present: attempts, gerund or present participle: attempting, past tense: attempted, past participle: attempted
noun: attempt, plural noun: attempts
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. make an effort to achieve or complete (something, typically a difficult task or action) she attempted a comeback in 1989 those who attempted to flee were captured at the border
- ▪ try to climb to the top of (a mountain) the group's next plan was to attempt Everest
- ▪ try to take (a life) he would not have attempted the life of a friend
名詞
- 1. an act of trying to achieve something, typically one that is unsuccessful or not certain to succeed an attempt to halt the bombings any attempt at talking politics ended in a fit of laughter
- ▪ an effort to surpass a record or conquer a mountain we made an attempt on the southwest buttress
- ▪ a bid to kill someone Karakozov made an attempt on the Tsar's life
- ▪ a thing produced as a result of trying to make or achieve something her first attempt at a letter ended up in the wastebasket
- 更多解釋
- IPA[əˈtɛm(p)t]
英式
- make an effort to achieve or complete (something difficult): she attempted a comeback in 2001 troops shot civilians who attempted to flee
- an effort to achieve or complete a difficult task or action: an attempt to halt the bombings
Oxford Dictionary