ADJECTIVE | VERB + ATTEMPT | ATTEMPT + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤successful成功的嘗試▸➤abortive, botched, failed, fruitless, futile, ill-fated, misguided, unsuccessful, vain無結果的/搞砸的/失敗的/沒有結果的/無效的/注定沒好結果的/導向錯誤的/不成功的/徒勞的嘗試◇her vain attempt to save her son's life她挽救兒子生命的徒勞無功之舉➤conscious, deliberate刻意的嘗試▸➤bold, brave, concerted, determined, serious, valiant大膽的嘗試;勇敢的嘗試;共同的努力;堅定的努力;認真的嘗試;英勇的嘗試▸➤blatant公然的企圖▸➤feeble, half-hearted, lame, pathetic, weak勉強的/不盡力的/無能的/可憐的/無力的嘗試◇She smiled at my feeble attempt at humour / humor.見我試圖幽默卻做不到,她笑了。◇I made a half-hearted attempt at cleaning my apartment.我有一搭沒一搭地打掃公寓。➤clumsy, crude笨手笨腳的/草率的嘗試▸➤desperate, frantic, last-ditch奮力的嘗試;不顧一切的努力;最後的嘗試◇a desperate attempt to find survivors拚命尋找幸存者➤repeated反複不斷的努力◇repeated attempts to break through enemy lines突破敵軍防線的多次嘗試➤first首次嘗試◇That's not bad for a first attempt.對首次嘗試來說,這樣的結果是不錯的。➤assassination, coup, escape, rescue, suicide刺殺企圖;政變企圖;逃跑企圖;救援努力;自殺企圖◇Rescue attempts were stopped because of bad weather.救援行動因天氣惡劣而被迫停止。VERB + ATTEMPT➤make嘗試◇She has made no attempt to contact her mother.她沒有嘗試和母親取得聯繫。➤succeed in成功嘗試⋯◇He succeeded in his attempt to break the world record.他如願以償地打破了世界紀錄。➤abandon, fail in, give up放棄嘗試;嘗試失敗;放棄努力◇He abandoned his attempt to reach the summit.他放棄了登頂的努力。➤foil, thwart阻止企圖得逞;阻撓⋯的努力◇Their attempt to break out of prison was foiled.他們越獄的企圖成為泡影。➤resist阻撓企圖◇The board said it would resist any attempt to take control of the company.董事會說將阻止任何接管公司的企圖。ATTEMPT + VERB➤succeed嘗試成功▸➤fail嘗試失敗PREPOSITION➤in an/the attempt企圖⋯;為了⋯◇In an attempt to ward off criticism, the government has made education a priority.為了避免受到批評,政府已決定優先發展教育。➤attempt at試着⋯◇He made a feeble attempt at a smile.他勉強笑了笑。➤attempt by⋯的努力◇an attempt by workers to prevent job losses工人阻止裁員的努力PHRASES➤an attempt on sb's life (= an attempt to kill sb)殺某人的企圖▸➤at the first, second, etc. attempt, in the first, second, etc. attempt (NAmE) 在第一次、第二次等努力中◇I passed my test at / in the first attempt.我第一次參加考試就通過了。