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

• His attempts to peddle his paintings around London's tiny gallery scene proved unsuccessful.
  他到伦敦小画廊兜售自己的画作，结果碰了一鼻子灰。
• His attempts to stop smoking by willpower alone failed.
  他多次想单凭意志力戒烟都没有成功。
• His stumbling attempts at colloquial Russian amused her.
  他结结巴巴地学说俄语，把她逗乐了。
• Attempts have been made to bounce member states into decisions with major financial implications.
  已经努力迫使成员国制定具有重大金融意义的决策。
• 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。
• Attempts to intimidate people into voting for the governing party did not work.
  胁迫人们为执政党投票的企图没有成功。
• Unfortunately attempts to crossbreed it with other potatoes have been unsuccessful
  不幸的是，将它与其他土豆品种杂交的尝试均告失败。
• She never abandoned her attempts to plumb my innermost emotions
  她从未放弃过探究我内心深处情感的尝试。
• There have been seven coup attempts against the beleaguered government.
  风雨飘摇的政府已经遭到了7次未遂政变的打击。
• Despite numerous attempts to diet, her weight soared.
  尽管多次尝试节食，她的体重仍然飙升了。