with obj.
1- make an effort to achieve or complete (something, typically a difficult task or action)试图做（或完成）：
she attempted a comeback in 1989
她在1989年曾试图东山再起
with infinitive troops shot civilians who attempted to flee.军队击毙企图逃走的平民。
1.1
- try to climb to the top of (a mountain)试图登上（山顶）：
the expedition was the first to attempt Panch Chuli V.
那支探险队是第一个试图登上班杰楚利山第五峰的。
1.2
- archaic try to take (a life)〈古〉企图夺取（生命）：
he would not have attempted the life of a friend.
他不会试图杀害朋友。
1
- an act of trying to achieve something, typically one that is unsuccessful or not certain to succeed尝试; 努力：
with infinitive an attempt to halt the bombings阻止轰炸的努力
any attempt at talking politics ended in a fit of the giggles
每次想谈论政治都引来一阵傻笑
an abortive coup attempt.
一次流产的政变企图。
1.1
- an effort to surpass a record or conquer a mountain试图打破纪录; 试图征服高山。
1.2
- a bid to kill someone企图杀害：
Karakozov made an attempt on the Tsar's life.
卡拉科佐夫试图杀死沙皇。
1.3
- a thing produced as a result of trying to make or achieve something尝试结果：
she picked her first attempt at a letter out of the wastebasket.
她第一次从废纸篓里捡到了一封信。
派生词
attemptable
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French attempter, from Latin attemptare, from ad- 'to' + temptare 'to tempt'.