attempts
n. 进攻( attempt的名词复数 ); (尤指)企图杀害
v. 试图( attempt的第三人称单数 ); 尝试; 试图夺取或攻克(堡垒、要塞等); 试图征服(高山)
If you attempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it.
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。
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。”
If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.
...a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence...
经过深思熟虑的破坏该防御的尝试
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。
An attempt on some-one's life is an attempt to kill them.
...an attempt on the life of the former Iranian Prime Minister.
试图杀害伊朗前总理
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.
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。
Immediately, Daniel cut in on Joanne's attempts at reassurance.
乔安妮刚要作保证,丹尼尔就把她打断了。
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。
During that time there have been repeated attempts to reintroduce capital punishment.
在那段时期不断有人试图恢复死刑。
Her attempts to reprimand him were quickly shouted down.
她本想斥责他,但很快就被大声喝止了。
Attempts to resurrect the ceasefire have already failed once.
为再次停火作出的努力已经失败了一次。