attempt
US: /əˈtɛmpt/
UK: /ɐtˈɛmpt/
UK: /ɐtˈɛmpt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
attempt /ə'tempt/
- danh từ
- sự cố gắng, sự thử
- to make an attempt at doing something (to do something): thử làm một việc gì
- to fail in one's attempt: thử làm nhưng thất bại
- (attemper on, upon) sự mưu hại, sự xâm phạm, sự phạm đến
- an attempt on somebody's life: sự mưu hại ai
- an attempt on somebody's prerogatives: sự phạm đến đặc quyền của ai
- sự cố gắng, sự thử
- ngoại động từ
- cố gắng; thử, toan
- to attempt a hard task: cố gắng làm một việc khó khăn
- mưu hại; xâm phạm, phạm đến
- to attempt someone's life: mưu hại ai
- gắng, chiếm lấy, thử đánh chiếm (một đồn...)
- gắng, vượt qua (quả núi...)
- to attempt a fortress: thử đánh chiếm một pháo đài
- to attempt a mountain peak: thử vượt qua một ngọn núi
- cố gắng; thử, toan
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C, U] ~ (to do sth)
~ (at sth / at doing sth) an act of trying to do sth, especially sth difficult, often with no success: Two factories were closed in an attempt to cut costs. + They made no attempt to escape. + I passed my driving test at the first attempt. + The couple made several unsuccessful attempts at a compromise.
2 [C] ~ (on sb/sb's life) an act of trying to kill sb: Someone has made an attempt on the President's life. + an assassination / murder attempt
3 [C] ~ (on sth) an effort to do better than sth, such as a very good performance in sport: the latest attempt on the world land speed record + a world-record attempt
+ verb
to make an effort or try to do sth, especially sth difficult: [V to inf] I will attempt to answer all your questions. + Do not attempt to repair this yourself. + [VN] The prisoners attempted an escape, but failed.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
successful | abortive, botched, failed, fruitless, futile, ill-fated, unsuccessful, vain
her vain attempt to save her son's life
| conscious, deliberate | brave, bold, concerted, determined, serious, valiant | blatant | feeble, half-hearted, weak | clumsy, crude | desperate, frantic, last-ditch
a desperate attempt to find survivors of the accident
| repeated
repeated attempts to break through enemy lines
| assassination, coup, rescue, suicide
Rescue attempts were stopped because of bad weather.
VERB + ATTEMPT
make
She has made no attempt to contact her mother.
| succeed in
He succeeded in his attempt to break the world record.
| abandon, fail in, give up
He abandoned his attempt to reach the summit.
| foil, thwart
Their attempt to break out of prison was foiled.
ATTEMPT + VERB
succeed | fail
PREP.
in an/the ~
In an attempt to ward off criticism, the government has made education a priority.
| ~ at
He made a feeble attempt at a smile.
| ~ by
an attempt by workers to prevent redundancies
PHRASES
an attempt on sb's life
(= to kill sb)
Concise English dictionary
attempts|attempted|attemptingə'tempt
noun
+earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
+the act of attacking
verb
+make an effort or attempt
+enter upon an activity or enterprise
