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

• Note that this can be detected only after attempting to communicate with the server.
  请注意，只有在尝试与服务器进行通信后，才可以检测到这种情况。
• The statement clearly was intended to caution Seoul against attempting to block the council's action again
  显然，这个声明的目的是要警告首尔不要尝试再次阻拦委员会的行动。
• He is attempting to carry out a plan.
  他正试图去执行一个计划。
• 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。
• The enemy repeatedly charged up the mountain, attempting to knock us out.
  敌人反复向山上冲锋，企图消灭我们。
• 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。
• They are also attempting to keep the car buyer as a long-term customer by offering after-sales service.
  他们也正试图通过提供售后服务来使该汽车采购商成为长期客户。
• The President is attempting to dispel the notion that he has neglected the economy.
  有人认为总统忽视了经济，总统正试图消除这种看法。
• Difficulties arise in attempting to understand the mechanisms of antiarrhythmic drug action for several reasons.
  在企图了解抗心律失常药物作用的机制中产生某些困难是有一些原因的。