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

• 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。
• His stumbling attempts at colloquial Russian amused her.
  他结结巴巴地学说俄语，把她逗乐了。
• A series of coup attempts and mutinies within the armed forces destabilized the regime
  军队内部一连串的政变图谋和暴动动摇了该政权。
• Numerous attempts to persuade him to write his memoirs came to nought.
  无数次劝他写回忆录的尝试均以失败告终。
• Three attempts on the British 200-metre record also ended in failure.
  对英国200米纪录发起的3次冲击也均以失败而告终。
• All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed
  所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It may take a number of attempts, but it is worth keeping at it
  可能要试几次，但还是值得坚持的。