| 单词 | to make an attempt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make an attempt d. to make an attempt, †to give attempt: to make an effort, to try (to do a thing). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] fanda1225 procurea1325 assay1370 workc1384 to put oneself in pressc1390 purchasec1400 buskc1450 study1483 fend15.. try1534 enterprise1547 to make an attempt?c1550 to give the venture1589 prove1612 nixuriate1623 to lay out1659 essay1715 to bring (also carry, drive, etc.) one's pigs to market1771 to have (or take or give) a crack1836 to make an out1843 to go to market1870 to give it a burl1917 to have a bash (at)1950 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. ii. 27 When as they might with better lucke geve newe attempt. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 238 After many attemptes made. 1632 R. Le Grys tr. Velleius Paterculus Romane Hist. 133 Cinna..dared give attempt upon those things which no honest man ever durst thinke. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 140 Made another attempt this day to see the Cedars. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 177 He made a feeble attempt to restrain the intolerant zeal of the House of Commons. < as lemmas |
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