attempt名词

1. 试图做，试图，努力，试，尝试，设法，企图，力图，努力去做
2. 试图攻占，意欲夺取，试图夺取，袭击，攻击
3. 窥伺，觊觎
4. 诱惑
5. 企图杀害
6. 竭力反对

1. 尝试，企图，努力，试图，尽力
2. 攻击，袭击，进攻，试图夺取
3. 【律】未遂（罪）
4. 企图杀害

1. 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"
   

2. the act of attacking;

   "attacks on women increased last year"
   "they made an attempt on his life"
   

1. 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"
   

2. enter upon an activity or enterprise

1.尝试，试图（尤指做困难的事）
If youattempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it.

e.g. The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia...
只有在费城那次我们曾试着做那样的事。
e.g. Before I couldattempt a reply he added over his shoulder: 'Wait there.'
还没等我回答他就回头又说了一句：“在那儿等着。”

2.（通常指不成功的）尝试，企图，试图
If you make anattempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.

attempt在线翻译

e.g. ...a deliberateattempt to destabilise the defence...
经过深思熟虑的破坏该防御的尝试
e.g. It was one of his rare attempts at humour.
那是他极不常见的想要表现幽默的一次。

3.杀人企图
Anattempt on some-one's life is an attempt to kill them.

e.g. ...anattempt on the life of the former Iranian Prime Minister.
试图杀害伊朗前总理

4.（运动员创造纪录的）尝试，冲击
In British English, if a sportsman or sportswoman makes anattempt on a sporting record, they try to beat it. In American English you say that they make anattempt to break it.

e.g. Everything is almost ready for me to make anotherattempt on the record.
一切几乎都已准备就绪，就等我向纪录发起再一次冲击了。

• attempt sb's life企图杀害某人

• attempt arduously艰苦地尝试
• attempt brutally严峻地尝试
• attempt charitably慷慨地尝试
• attempt covertly秘密地尝试
• attempt creditably值得称赞地尝试
• attempt daringly大胆地尝试
• attempt desperately充满危险地尝试
• attempt despicably可鄙地尝试
• attempt disastrously灾难性地尝试
• attempt eloquently雄辩地尝试
• attempt exorbitantly极其过分地尝试
• attempt falteringly犹豫地尝试
• attempt feebly愚蠢地尝试
• attempt forcibly用暴力方式进行地尝试
• attempt forlornly孤独无助地尝试
• attempt fruitlessly无结果地尝试
• attempt futilely无效地尝试
• attempt grotesquely可笑地尝试
• attempt heroically英勇地尝试
• attempt ignobly不光彩地尝试
• attempt impiously不恭地尝试
• attempt inadvertently非故意地尝试
• attempt inauspiciously不吉利地尝试
• attempt ineffectually效果不佳地尝试
• attempt ineptly不恰当地尝试
• attempt ingeniously巧妙地尝试
• attempt involuntarily不由自主地尝试
• attempt laboriously努力地尝试
• attempt laudably值得赞美地尝试
• attempt memorably值得回忆地尝试
• attempt murderously谋杀性地尝试
• attempt obviously明显地尝试
• attempt outrageously猖狂地试图
• attempt patriotically爱国地尝试
• attempt prematurely提前地尝试
• attempt pretentiously狂妄地尝试
• attempt previously先前地尝试
• attempt reasonably合理地尝试
• attempt repeatedly多次地尝试
• attempt sincerely真实地尝试
• attempt spectacularly引人入胜地尝试
• attempt strenuously艰难地尝试
• attempt superhumanly超出常人能力地尝试
• attempt systematically系统地尝试
• attempt unavailingly无用地尝试

• foil an attempt挫败某一企图
• frustrate an attempt挫败某一企图
• give up the attempt放弃了那个企图
• make a further attempt做进一步尝试
• make a last-ditch attempt作最后的努力
• thwart an attempt挫败某一企图

• abortive attempt不成功的尝试
• all-out attempt全力以赴的尝试
• daring attempt大胆的尝试
• deliberate attempt审慎的尝试
• feeble attempt无效的尝试
• futile attempt徒劳的尝试
• half-hearted attempt三心二意的尝试

• attempt at在…上的尝试
• attempt at English composition试写英文作文
• attempt on sb's life企图谋杀

• They have awak'd, And 'tis not done. Th' attempt, and not the deed, Confounds us.

  出自：Macbeth,Shakespeare

• [He] flung away his life in a gallant attempt to save a servant who had fallen overboard.

  出自：J. M. Barrie

• I tried to smile, but I made a rather poor attempt at it.

  出自：J. Marquand

• All attempts to meet her have failed so far.

  出自：L. Durrell

• If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear.

  出自：Othello,Shakespeare

• To embolden her to attempt extorting the right of investitures.

  出自：D. Hume

• Tiberius answered..that his troops were not yet fit to attempt the task.

  出自：R. Graves

• He attempted to smile back at him, but found it difficult.

  出自：W. Trevor

attempt, endeavour, try

这组词都有“尝试”或“设法 ”的意思。它们之间的区别是：

1.attempt只用作及物动词,强调“希望成功”,但不一定成功,是正式用语。例如:

We attempted a race.我们试图进行一次比赛。

It would be a waste of time to attempt the impossible.试图做办不到的事是浪费时间。

2.endeavour在作“努力”“尽力”解时,是褒义词,指为了完成某事而作出巨大的努力,尤其在面临困难的时候。例如:

The UN is endeavouring to establish peace.联合国正在为世界和平而努力。

Galieo endeavoured to prove that the earth rotates around the sun.伽利略尽力证明地球是绕着太阳转的。

3.try既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词,强调通过多种努力,力争取得成功,还有“审讯,审理”的意思,常用于日常口语中。例如:

I don't think I can do it, but I'll try.我认为我做不来那个,但我愿试一试。

If you can't do it the first time, try again.要是你第一次做不成,就再试一下。

Who is going to try the case?谁将审理此案件?

attempt，try，endeavour，strive

这些动词均含有“试图，努力，力图”之意。

attempt较正式用词，侧重已经开始，且希望完成，但常隐含着不一定有预期的结果。

try普通用词，可与attempt换用，但强调努力或尝试，后跟不定式表示努力或争取；后跟动名词表示尝试。

endeavour正式用词，指尽最大努力、认真地克服困难去做某事。

strive和endeavour一样，表示付出巨大努力，但strive侧重劳累与紧张，而不强调努力的结果。