attempt

1 عمومی:: سوء قصد، قصد كردن‌، سوءقصد، تقلا كردن‌، مبادرت‌ كردن‌ به‌، کوشش، سعی، كوشش‌ كردن‌

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شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: verb try: You must attempt to climb the hill. noun try: He was successful in his attempt.

Simple Definitions

2 general::   noun 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)

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

3 general:: attempt verbs make an attempt • She made several attempts to escape. abandon/give up an attempt • They had to abandon their attempt to climb the mountain. fail/succeed in your attempt • He failed in his attempt to set a new Olympic record. foil/thwart an attempt formal (= make it fail ) • Troops loyal to the general foiled the assassination attempt. an attempt fails/succeeds • All attempts to find a cure have failed. adjectives on the first/second etc attempt ( also at the first/second etc attempt British English ) • The car started at the second attempt. a vain attempt (= one that does not succeed ) • They worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule. a desperate attempt (= that involves a lot of effort ) • Doctors made a desperate attempt to save his life. a deliberate/conscious attempt • His question was a deliberate attempt to humiliate her. a serious/genuine attempt • This is the first serious attempt to tackle the problem. an unsuccessful/a successful attempt • an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the government an abortive attempt formal (= unsuccessful ) • They made an abortive attempt to keep the company going. a futile attempt (= certain to fail and not worth doing ) • I jumped up and down in a futile attempt to keep warm. a doomed attempt (= certain to fail, and causing something very bad to happen ) • His attempt to reach the Pole was doomed from the beginning. a brave/bold/gallant/valiant attempt approving (= one that you admire, but that is unsuccessful ) • The previous government made a brave attempt to tackle the problem. • She made a valiant attempt to continue playing, but the pain was too much. a blatant attempt disapproving (= when someone openly tries to do something bad ) • It was a blatant attempt to hide the truth. a final/last attempt • They made one final attempt to make their marriage work. a last-ditch attempt (= a final attempt to achieve something before it is too late ) • Negotiators are making a last-ditch attempt to save the agreement. NOUN + attempt a rescue attempt • Two firefighters were hurt in the rescue attempt. an assassination attempt (= an attempt to kill a leader ) • De Gaulle survived an assassination attempt in 1961. a suicide attempt (= an attempt to kill yourself ) • He was admitted to hospital after a suicide attempt. a coup attempt (= an attempt to change the government, usually by force ) • The US helped to crush the coup attempt.

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