例句
英語四級真題
For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together.
出自-2012年6月閱讀原文
Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages
出自-2012年6月閱讀原文
英語六級真題
As the brain attempts to force the unsteady hand to do its bidding, the tension between the two results in a more compressed, psychologically denser expression.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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VERB
嘗試，試圖（尤指做困難的事）
If you attempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it.
例句
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。”
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N-COUNT
（通常指不成功的）嘗試，企圖，試圖
If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.
例句
...a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence...
經過深思熟慮的破壞該防御的嘗試
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。
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N-COUNT
殺人企圖
An attempt on some-one's life is an attempt to kill them.
例句
...an attempt on the life of the former Iranian Prime Minister.
試圖殺害伊朗前總理
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N-COUNT
（運動員創造紀錄的）嘗試，沖擊
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.
例句
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沖擊了。