attempting
present participle ofattempt
| 单词 | attempting |
| 释义 | attempting present participle ofattempt attempt verb[T] uk/əˈtempt/us/əˈtempt/B1 totryto do something,especiallysomethingdifficult: [+ to infinitive]He attemptedtoescapethrough awindow. He attempted ajoke, but no onelaughed. There's nopointinevenattempting anexplanation- he'll neverlisten. to try to do something
Trying and making an effort
Examplesofattemptingattempting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Having random police patrols apprehend only some "unsuccessful"attemptingcriminals is not unfair even when such patrols miss other attempting criminals. From theCambridge English Corpus This may imply that the cost ofattemptingto remain in office outweighs the benefit. From theCambridge English Corpus A much simpler and more reliable solution than the unfortunate 'bleating lamb' effect that comes fromattemptingsingle-note trills on the vowels! From theCambridge English Corpus In doing so, we are notattemptingto bind others to our definitions. From theCambridge English Corpus We ultimately decided to treat each setting as a separate work, rather thanattemptinga composite or conflated version. From theCambridge English Corpus Popular culture is extensive,attemptingto touch upon an audience as large as possible. From theCambridge English Corpus Viewing seed postharvest physiology in terms of a continuum of behaviour is considered to be more realistic thanattemptingprecise categorization. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather thanattemptinguniform area-wide, inundative releases of sterile males, it may be more cost-effective to preferentially target aggregated populations associated with livestock. From theCambridge English Corpus What emerges from all these studies is apt to be broad agreement on what eighteenth-century historians wereattempting. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the children were given verbal encouragement forattemptinga target sentence. From theCambridge English Corpus The two maps of the monarchy included in the first pages are of little assistance to the readerattemptingto digest this mass of material. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather thanattemptingto disentangle ideology from interests, the strategy adopted here is to examine the overlap between these two causal agents. From theCambridge English Corpus Although there are practical and ethical challenges to consider beforeattemptingsuch protocols with children and adolescents with bipolar disorder, the potential yield is great. From theCambridge English Corpus Before evenattemptingto answer this question it has to be clarified that explanatory success is always limited and provisional. From theCambridge English Corpus And he was not alone in recognizing the perils ofattemptingit. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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