记忆方法
记忆“attempt”的方法是将它分解为“at-tempt”。想象自己在“at”处（即尝试的起点），“tempt”是诱惑，意思是试图去吸引或引导做某事。所以，“attempt”就是在起点处试图去做某事，即尝试。
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词族 · attempt
中文词源
attempt 打算
前缀at-同ad-. -tempt, 同tend, 倾向。鼻音m,n音变。
英语词源
- attempt
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attempt: [14] Attempting is etymologically related to tempting. The Latin verb attemptāre was formed with the prefix ad- from temptāre, which meant ‘try’ as well as ‘tempt’ (the semantic connection is preserved in modern English try, with the contrasting senses ‘attempt’ and ‘put to the test’). The Latin form passed into Old French as atenter (hence modern French attenter), but was later latinized back to attempter, the form in which English acquired it.
=> tempt - attempt (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French attempter (14c.), earlier atenter "to try, attempt, test," from Latin attemptare "to try" (cognates: Italian attentare, Old Provençal, Portuguese attentar, Spanish atentar), from ad- "to, upon" (see ad-) + temptare "to try" (see tempt). Related: Attempted; attempting.
- attempt (n.)
- 1530s, from attempt (v.). Meaning "effort to accomplish something by violence" is from 1580s, especially as an assault on someone's life.
权威例句
- 1. An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.
- 反堕胎者所作的加强法规的尝试失败了。
- 2. Army officers plotted a failed attempt yesterday to seize power.
- 军官们昨天夺权未遂。
- 3. These feelings are likely to make people attempt to overthrow the system.
- 这些情绪有可能促使人们想要推翻现行的体制。
- 4. The action seemed a clumsy attempt to topple the Janata Dal government.
- 这一试图推翻人民党政府的行动似乎缺乏策略。
- 5. The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.
- 英国最早尝试在爱尔兰开拓殖民地是在12世纪。
词语辨析
【attempt, try, endeavour, strive】
这些动词均含有“试图，努力，力图”之意。
attempt: 较正式用词，侧重已经开始，且希望完成，但常隐含着不一定有预期的结果。
try: 普通用词，可与attempt换用，但强调努力或尝试，后跟不定式表示努力或争取；后跟动名词表示尝试。
endeavour: 正式用词，指尽最大努力、认真地克服困难去做某事。
strive: 和endeavour一样，表示付出巨大努力，但strive侧重劳累与紧张，而不强调努力的结果。
这些动词均含有“试图，努力，力图”之意。
attempt: 较正式用词，侧重已经开始，且希望完成，但常隐含着不一定有预期的结果。
try: 普通用词，可与attempt换用，但强调努力或尝试，后跟不定式表示努力或争取；后跟动名词表示尝试。
endeavour: 正式用词，指尽最大努力、认真地克服困难去做某事。
strive: 和endeavour一样，表示付出巨大努力，但strive侧重劳累与紧张，而不强调努力的结果。