try

来自古法语 trier,选择，选出，分开，词源不详。可能置换自古法语 tirer,拉出，拔出，来自 Proto-Germanic*terana,撕，撕开，来自 PIE*der,撕，撕开，词源同 tear,tier.引申诸相关词义。

try

try: [13] Try originally meant ‘separate, sift out’. It was borrowed from Old French trier ‘separate, sift’, and it has been speculated that this went back to a Vulgar Latin *trītāre, formed from the past participle of Latin terere ‘rub’ (source of English attrition, detritus, trite, etc). The notion of ‘separation’ led via ‘separating out the good’ to ‘examine, test’ and, in the 14th century, ‘attempt’. The derivative trial [16] was borrowed from Anglo-Norman after the sense ‘attempt’ developed for try in English, and so has never wholeheartedly taken over this meaning.
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try (v.)

c. 1300, "examine judiciously, discover by evaluation, test;" mid-14c., "sit in judgment of," also "attempt to do," from Anglo-French trier (13c.), from Old French trier "to pick out, cull" (12c.), from Gallo-Roman *triare, of unknown origin. The ground sense is "separate out (the good) by examination." Sense of "subject to some strain" (of patience, endurance, etc.) is recorded from 1530s. To try on "test the fit of a garment" is from 1690s; to try (something) on for size in the figurative sense is recorded by 1946. Try and instead of try to is recorded from 1680s.

try (n.)

late 15c., "screen for sifting," from try (v.). From 1832 as "an effort, an attempt."

1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。

2. I try to remember all the good times I've had here.

我试着回忆在这里度过的所有美好时光。

3. "I think I'll try a hypnotist," I said with sudden resolution.

“我会找催眠师试试，”我突然坚决地说。

4. Try to support each other when one of you is feeling down.

当有人觉得情绪低落时，要努力相互打气。

5. Try these toning exercises before you start the day.

在开始一天的活动之前，试着做做这些强身健体的体操。