attempting
v. 試圖( attempt的現在分詞 ); 嘗試; 試圖奪取或攻克(堡壘、要塞等); 試圖征服(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...
只有在費城那次我們曾試著做那樣的事。
Before I could attempt a reply he added over his shoulder: 'Wait there.'
還沒等我回答他就回頭又說了一句:“在那兒等著。”
If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.
...a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence...
經過深思熟慮的破壞該防禦的嘗試
It was one of his rare attempts at humour.
那是他極不常見的想要表現幽默的一次。
An attempt on some-one's life is an attempt to kill them.
...an attempt on the life of the former Iranian Prime Minister.
試圖殺害伊朗前總理
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.
一切幾乎都已準備就緒,就等我向紀錄發起再一次衝擊了。
He is not attempting necessarily to reproduce the cadence of speech.
他不想刻意重複那種講話的語調。
Two men were attempting to scythe the long grass.
兩個人正試圖割掉瘋長的草。
He was forever attempting to arrange deals.
他老是想撮合交易。
She is accused of attempting to cheat the taxman.
她被指控企圖矇騙稅務員。
The President is attempting to dispel the notion that he has neglected the economy.
有人認為總統忽視了經濟,總統正試圖消除這種看法。