| 单词 | give something a whirl |
| 释义 | give something a whirlgive something a whirl 1 (also give something a go British EnglishBrE) informalTRY TO DO OR GET something to try to do something, especially something you have not done before 试一试某事 I’m not usually much good at this sort of game, but I’ll give it a go. 我通常不大擅长这种游戏，不过我还是试试吧。 Examples from the Corpus give something a try/shot/whirl• Are you having trouble fixing the printer? Let me give it a shot.• He says he thought he'd give it a try, but he got stuck.• We wanted into the book badly, and gave it a shot one afternoon.• But on this case, I can not give it a try - that is the point.• Magnus grew fat on brown wholemeal scraps and Gina gave up trying to keep him away.• She had given up trying to read to him, play with him, teach him anything: he could not learn.• Vladimir finally gave up trying to teach me and returned to his sketching.• Joe gives her the shot twice a week. → give something a try/shot/whirl at give1(5) 2 informalTRY something TO SEE IF IT IS GOODTRY TO DO OR GET something to try something that you are not sure you are going to like or be able to do 尝试某事 Why don’t you give golf a whirl? 为什么不试试高尔夫球呢？ Examples from the Corpus give something a whirl• So when you see me overtaking, stop shouting and give it a whirl.• Kathryn Baron gives it a whirl and doesn't look back.• There was also some excitement on the oil pitch, with a number of old stories given another whirl.• I had learned two, at that point, and was disappointed not to have a chance to give them a whirl.• I intend to remain faithful, simply because I've given infidelity a whirl and it doesn't work for me.• Why don't you give golf a whirl? → give something a whirl at whirl2(1) |
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