attempt 音标拼音: [ət'ɛmpt]
n .
vt . 努力,试图,企图,尝试
努力,试图,企图,尝试
attempt n 1 :
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something ; "
made an effort to cover all the reading material "; "
wished him luck in his endeavor "; "
she gave it a good try " [
synonym : {
attempt }, {
effort }, {
endeavor },
{
endeavour }, {
try }]
2 :
the act of attacking ; "
attacks on women increased last year ";
"
they made an attempt on his life " [
synonym : {
attack }, {
attempt }]
v 1 :
make an effort or attempt ; "
He tried to shake off his fears "; "
The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps "; "
The police attempted to stop the thief "; "
He sought to improve himself "; "
She always seeks to do good in the world " [
synonym :
{
try }, {
seek }, {
attempt }, {
essay }, {
assay }]
2 :
enter upon an activity or enterprise [
synonym : {
undertake }, {
set about }, {
attempt }]
Attempt \
At *
tempt "\ (?;
215 ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Attempted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Attempting }.] [
OF .
atenter ,
also spelt atempter ,
F .
attenter ,
fr .
L .
attentare to attempt ;
ad tentare ,
temptare ,
to touch ,
try ,
v .
intens .
of tendere to stretch .
See {
Tempt },
and cf . {
Attend }.]
1 .
To make trial or experiment of ;
to try ;
to endeavor to do or perform (
some action );
to assay ;
as ,
to attempt to sing ;
to attempt a bold flight .
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Something attempted ,
something done ,
Has earned a night '
s repose . --
Longfellow .
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2 .
To try to move ,
by entreaty ,
by afflictions ,
or by temptations ;
to tempt . [
Obs .
or Archaic ]
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It made the laughter of an afternoon That Vivien should attempt the blameless king .
--
Thackeray .
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3 .
To try to win ,
subdue ,
or overcome ;
as ,
one who attempts the virtue of a woman .
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Dear sir ,
of force I must attempt you further :
Take some remembrance of us ,
as a tribute . --
Shak .
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4 .
To attack ;
to make an effort or attack upon ;
to try to take by force ;
as ,
to attempt the enemy '
s camp .
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Without attempting his adversary '
s life . --
Motley .
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Syn :
See {
Try }.
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Attempt \
At *
tempt "\,
v .
i .
To make an attempt ; --
with upon . [
Obs .] --
Sir T .
Browne .
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Attempt \
At *
tempt "\,
n .
A essay ,
trial ,
or endeavor ;
an undertaking ;
an attack ,
or an effort to gain a point ;
esp .
an unsuccessful ,
as contrasted with a successful ,
effort .
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By his blindness maimed for high attempts . --
Milton .
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{
Attempt to commit a crime } (
Law ),
such an intentional preparatory act as will apparently result ,
if not extrinsically hindered ,
in a crime which it was designed to effect . --
Wharton .
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Syn : {
Attempt }, {
Endeavor }, {
Effort }, {
Exertion }, {
Trial }.
Usage :
These words agree in the idea of calling forth our powers into action .
Trial is the generic term ;
it denotes a putting forth of one '
s powers with a view to determine what they can accomplish ;
as ,
to make trial of one '
s strength .
An attempt is always directed to some definite and specific object ;
as , "
The attempt ,
and not the deed ,
confounds us ." --
Shak .
An endeavor is a continued attempt ;
as , "
His high endeavor and his glad success ." --
Cowper .
Effort is a specific putting forth of strength in order to carry out an attempt .
Exertion is the putting forth or active exercise of any faculty or power . "
It admits of all degrees of effort and even natural action without effort ." --
C .
J .
Smith .
See {
Try }.
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118 Moby Thesaurus words for "
attempt ":
accept ,
affair ,
aim to ,
approach ,
assault ,
assay ,
assume ,
attack ,
attempt to ,
begin ,
beginning ,
bid ,
buckle to ,
business ,
care ,
chance ,
commence ,
commencement ,
commitment ,
contract ,
crack ,
dare ,
dare to ,
deal ,
effort ,
embark in ,
embark upon ,
endeavor ,
engage ,
engage in ,
engagement ,
enter on ,
enter upon ,
enterprise ,
essay ,
experiment ,
fall into ,
fall to ,
fling ,
gambit ,
get under way ,
go ,
go about ,
go at ,
go in for ,
go into ,
go upon ,
hassle ,
have at ,
hazard ,
inaugurate ,
initiate ,
initiation ,
launch forth ,
launch into ,
lay about ,
lick ,
lift a finger ,
make an attempt ,
make an effort ,
make bold ,
make free ,
move ,
move into ,
obligation ,
offer ,
operation ,
pains ,
pitch into ,
plan ,
plunge into ,
presume ,
pretend ,
pretend to ,
proceed to ,
program ,
project ,
proposition ,
seek ,
seek to ,
set about ,
set at ,
set forward ,
set going ,
set to ,
shot ,
shy ,
stab ,
start ,
step ,
strive ,
strive to ,
striving ,
stroke ,
strong bid ,
struggle ,
study to ,
tackle ,
take on ,
take the liberty ,
take up ,
task ,
tentative ,
trial ,
trial and error ,
trouble ,
try ,
try and ,
try to ,
turn to ,
undertake ,
undertaking ,
venture ,
venture on ,
venture to ,
venture upon ,
whack ,
work ATTEMPT ,
criminal law .
An attempt to commit a crime ,
is an endeavor to accomplish it ,
carried beyond mere preparation ,
but falling short of execution of the ultimate design ,
in any part of it .
2 .
Between preparations and attempts to commit a crime ,
the distinction is in many cases ,
very indeterminate .
A man who buys poison for the purpose of committing a murder ,
and mixes it in the food intended for his victim ,
and places it on a table where he may take it ,
will or will not be guilty of an attempt to poison ,
from the simple circumstance of his taking back the poisoned food before or after the victim has had an opportunity to take it ;
for if immediately on putting it down ,
he should take it up ,
and ,
awakened to a just consideration of the enormity of the crime ,
destroy it ,
this would amount only to preparations and certainly if before he placed it on the table ,
or before he mixed the poison with the food ,
he had repented of his intention there would have been no attempt to commit a crime ;
the law gives this as a locus penitentiae .
An attempt to commit a crime is a misdemeanor ;
and an attempt to commit a misdemeanor ,
is itself a misdemeanor .
1 Russ .
on Cr .
44 ;
2 East ,
R .
8 ;
3 Pick .
R .
26 ;
3 Benth .
Ev .
69 ;
6 C . &
P .
368 .
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