attempts

英 [əˈtempts]

美 [əˈtempts]

n.  企图; 试图; 尝试; 杀人企图; (为超越某事物的)尝试，努力
v.  努力; 尝试; 试图
attempt的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• VERB 尝试，试图（尤指做困难的事）
  If youattempt todo something, especially something difficult, you try to do it.
  1. 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。
  2. Before I could attempt 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。”
• N-COUNT （通常指不成功的）尝试，企图，试图
  If you make anattempt todo something, you try to do it, often without success.
  1. ...a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence...
     经过深思熟虑的破坏该防御的尝试
  2. 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. ...their involvement in a coup attempt in September.
     他们参与了9月的那场失败的政变
• N-COUNT 杀人企图
  Anattempt onsome-one's life is an attempt to kill them.
  1. ...an attempt on the life of the former Iranian Prime Minister.
     试图杀害伊朗前总理
• N-COUNT （运动员创造纪录的）尝试，冲击
  In British English, if a sportsman or sportswoman makes anattempt ona sporting record, they try to beat it. In American English you say that they make anattempt tobreak it.
  1. Everything is almost ready for me to make another attempt 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。

双语例句

• The film attempts neither to dramatize nor sermonize.
  这部电影既不企图使用戏剧化的手法也不企图进行说教。
• All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed
  所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。
• It may take a number of attempts, but it is worth keeping at it
  可能要试几次，但还是值得坚持的。
• She showed real character in her attempts to win over the crowd
  她在努力获得民众的支持时，表现出真正的人格力量。
• Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure
  寻找平民志愿者的种种尝试都遭遇了令人难堪的失败。
• Numerous attempts to persuade him to write his memoirs came to nought.
  无数次劝他写回忆录的尝试均以失败告终。
• Previous attempts at filtering and oxygenating aquarium water had failed.
  之前尝试过几次将鱼缸中的水过滤并充氧，但都没有成功。
• His persistent attempts to complain to his superiors were blocked and ignored.
  他一再试图向上级投诉，但都被挡了回来并置之不理。
• They resisted our attempts to modernize the distribution of books.
  他们反对我们采用现代化方式发行图书。
• His stumbling attempts at colloquial Russian amused her.
  他结结巴巴地学说俄语，把她逗乐了。