attempt

1. V-T If you attempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it. 試圖 (尤指做睏難的事)

The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia. 我們惟一一次試圖做那樣的事是在費(fèi)城。

2. N-COUNT If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success. (常指不成功的) 企圖

...a deliberate attempt to destabilize the defence. …蓄意削弱防禦的企圖。

3. N-COUNT An attempt on someone's life is an attempt to kill them. (殺人) 企圖

...an attempt on the life of the former Iranian prime minister. …刺殺伊朗前縂理的企圖。