attempts

英 [əˈtempts]

美 [əˈtempts]

n.  企图; 试图; 尝试; 杀人企图; (为超越某事物的)尝试，努力
v.  努力; 尝试; 试图
attempt的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• VERB 尝试，试图（尤指做困难的事）
  If youattempt todo something, especially something difficult, you try to do it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。”
• N-COUNT （通常指不成功的）尝试，企图，试图
  If you make anattempt todo something, you try to do it, often without success.
  1. ...a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence...
     经过深思熟虑的破坏该防御的尝试
  2. 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。
  3. ...their involvement in a coup attempt in September.
     他们参与了9月的那场失败的政变
• N-COUNT 杀人企图
  Anattempt onsome-one's life is an attempt to kill them.
  1. ...an attempt on the life of the former Iranian Prime Minister.
     试图杀害伊朗前总理
• N-COUNT （运动员创造纪录的）尝试，冲击
  In British English, if a sportsman or sportswoman makes anattempt ona sporting record, they try to beat it. In American English you say that they make anattempt tobreak it.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Attempts to correlate specific language functions with particular parts of the brain have not advanced very far
  人们试图把特定的语言功能与大脑的某些特定部位联系起来，这一努力目前还没有取得很大进展。
• His attempts to stop smoking by willpower alone failed.
  他多次想单凭意志力戒烟都没有成功。
• Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure
  寻找平民志愿者的种种尝试都遭遇了令人难堪的失败。
• Their attempts to clean up politics and smash the power of party machines failed.
  他们力图重整政坛、摧毁现有的政党机器，却以失败收场。
• Previous attempts at filtering and oxygenating aquarium water had failed.
  之前尝试过几次将鱼缸中的水过滤并充氧，但都没有成功。
• 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。
• His persistent attempts to complain to his superiors were blocked and ignored.
  他一再试图向上级投诉，但都被挡了回来并置之不理。
• All their attempts at reaching the summit failed.
  他们攀登顶峰的一切尝试都失败了。
• Unfortunately attempts to crossbreed it with other potatoes have been unsuccessful
  不幸的是，将它与其他土豆品种杂交的尝试均告失败。