1 VERB 尝试，试图（尤指做困难的事） If you attempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it. 尝试，试图（尤指做困难的事）
SYN try, seek, aim, struggle
2 N-COUNT [oft NOUN to-infinitive] （通常指不成功的）尝试，企图，试图 If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success. （通常指不成功的）尝试，企图，试图
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...a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence.
经过深思熟虑的破坏该防御的尝试
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It was one of his rare attempts at humour. [+ at]
那是他极不常见的想要表现幽默的一次。
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...their involvement in a coup attempt in September.
他们参与了9月的那场失败的政变
SYN try, go [informal] , shot [informal] , effort
3 N-COUNT 杀人企图 An attempt on some-one's life is an attempt to kill them. 杀人企图
SYN attack, assault, strike, offensive
4 N-COUNT （运动员创造纪录的）尝试，冲击 In British English, if a sportsman or sportswoman makes an attempt on a sporting record, they try to beat it. In American English you say that they make an attempt to break it. （运动员创造纪录的）尝试，冲击
ThesaurusWord PartnershipWord Link
| Thesaurus | attempt Also look up: |
| VERB. | strive, tackle, take on, try 1 |
| N. | effort, try, venture 2 |
| Word Partnership | Use attempt with: |
| VERB. | attempt to control/find/prevent/solve 1 make an attempt 2 |
| ADJ. | any attempt, desperate attempt, failed/successful attempt 2 |
| N. | assassination attempt, attempt suicide 3 |
| Word Link | tempt ≈ trying : attempt, temptation, tempted |
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