attempting

英 [əˈtemptɪŋ]

美 [əˈtemptɪŋ]

v.  努力; 尝试; 试图
attempt的现在分词

现在分词：attempting　

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

• Are they attempting to limit our work through their facility at this time?
  他们是否在这个时候试图通过他们的设备来限制我们的工作？
• It is perhaps no surprise to see another 60s singing star attempting a comeback.
  看到又一个20世纪60年代的歌星试图重返歌坛大概并不会觉得意外。
• An unknown error occured when attempting to open the database.
  打开数据库时出现了一个未知错误。
• Israel, the United States and some other western nations suspect that Iran is attempting to build nuclear weapons.
  不过以色列、美国和一些其他的西方国家怀疑伊朗正试图研制核武器。
• Check that the key you are using exists in the collection you are attempting to access.
  检查您正在使用的键是否存在于您试图访问的集合中。
• The President is attempting to drum up public support for his economic program.
  总统正竭力争取公众对他的经济计划予以支持。
• An error occurred attempting to Assign a restored default policy. You must specify the assigned policy manually.
  在尝试指派一个复原默认策略时出现一个错误。您必须手动指定分配的策略。
• A youth was inside the car, attempting to hot-wire it.
  一个小青年正在车里试图用电线短路的方法发动汽车。
• He was forever attempting to arrange deals
  他老是想撮合交易。
• Two men were attempting to scythe the long grass.
  两个人正试图割掉疯长的草。