verb
[with obj.]make an effort to achieve or complete (something, typically a difficult task or action)
试图做（或完成）
she attempted a comeback in 1989.
她在1989年曾试图东山再起。
[with infinitive]troops shot civilians who attempted to flee.
军队击毙企图逃走的平民。
■try to climb to the top of (a mountain)
试图登上（山顶）
the expedition was the first to attempt Panch Chuli V.
那支探险队是第一个试图登上班杰楚利山第五峰的。
■(archaic)try to take (a life)
(古)企图夺取（生命）
he would not have attempted the life of a friend.
他不会试图杀害朋友。
noun
an act of trying to achieve something, typically one that is unsuccessful or not certain to succeed
尝试；努力
[with infinitive]an attempt to halt the bombings.
阻止轰炸的努力。
any attempt at talking politics ended in a fit of the giggles.
每次想谈论政治都引来一阵傻笑。
an abortive coup attempt.
一次流产的政变企图。
■an effort to surpass a record or conquer a mountain
试图打破纪录；试图征服高山
■a bid to kill someone
企图杀害
Karakozov made an attempt on the Tsar's life.
卡拉科佐夫试刺杀死沙皇。
■a thing produced as a result of trying to make or achieve something
尝试结果
she picked her first attempt at a letter out of the wastebasket.
她第一次从废纸篓里捡到了一封信。