ATTEMPT

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attempt I. verb tranzitiv

1. a încerca, a proba; a se apuca de; a întreprinde;

it is useless to attempt the impossible nu are nici un rost să încerci imposibilul;

you have attempted a difficult task te-ai apucat de o treabă grea.

2. a atenta la;

his life was twice attempted s-a atentat de două ori la viaţa sa.

3. (înv.) a ispiti, a tenta.

attempt II. substantiv

1. încercare, tentativă; probă, experienţă; sforţare;

he made an attempt to save her făcu o încercare s-o salveze;

they died in the attempt au murit în timpul acestei încercări.

2. (on, upon) atac, atentat, agresiune, complot (împotriva, contra).

3. (înv.) ispită, seducţie.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Did he make no attempt to see you?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Why, of course, the attempted murder of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Everything was ready for the attempt.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

But never had he attempted to frame lofty thoughts in words.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I looked up into his face, and answered, with an attempt to be very profound: “Oh!”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The other men came up, and surrounded her, and felt her, and pawed her, which actions she made no attempt to resent.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Twice he fell over, when half up, and on the third attempt managed to rise.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

After dinner, when we had all gathered round the fire in the study—Mrs. Harker having gone to bed—we discussed the attempts and discoveries of the day.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

The murderer discovered! Good God! how can that be? who could attempt to pursue him?

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“Have you then cause,” he asked, “to think that these men are about to venture an attempt upon you?”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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