Tra từ attempt - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

at·tempt [attempt attempts attempted attempting] noun, verb BrE [əˈtempt] NAmE [əˈtempt]
noun
1. countable, uncountable an act of trying to do sth, especially sth difficult, often with no success
• I passed my driving test at the first attempt.
•~ to do sth Two factories were closed in an attempt to cut costs.
•They made no attempt to escape.
•~ at sth/at doing sth The couple made an unsuccessful attempt at a compromise.
2. countable ~ (on sb/sb's life) an act of trying to kill sb
• Someone has made an attempt on the President's life.
•an assassination/murder attempt
3. countable ~ (on sth) an effort to do better than sth, such as a very good performance in sport
•his attempt on the world land speed record
•a world-record attempt

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French attempter, from Latin attemptare, from ad- ‘to’ + temptare ‘to tempt’.

Thesaurus:
attempt noun C, U
•I passed my driving test at the first attempt.
effort • • try • |BrE go • |informal shot • • stab •
a/an attempt/try/go/shot/stab at sth
an attempt/effort to do sth
make a/an attempt/effort/stab
have a try/go/shot/stab
Attempt or effort? Attempt emphasizes the event or action involved in trying to do sth; effort emphasizes the work that sb puts into doing sth:
•a/an assassination/suicide attempt
✗ a/an assassination/suicide effort:
•a great/enormous/strenuous effort
✗ a great/enormous/strenuous attempt

Example Bank:
•He made a feeble attempt at a smile.
•He succeeded in his attempt to break the world record.
•I made a half-hearted attempt at cleaning my apartment.
•I passed my test at/in the first attempt.
•In an attempt to ward off criticism, the government has made education a priority.
•Rescue attempts were stopped because of bad weather.
•She has made no attempt to contact her mother.
•She smiled at my feeble attempt at humour/humor.
•That's not bad for a first attempt.
•The board said it would resist any attempt to take control of the company.
•Their attempt to break out of prison was foiled.
•a desperate attempt to find survivors of the accident
•an attempt by workers to prevent job losses
•her vain attempt to save her son's life
•repeated attempts to break through enemy lines
•Last night there was a desperate attempt to reach survivors of the accident.
•Someone has made an attempt on the President's life.
•The couple made several attempts at a compromise.
•The president was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt.
•The previous attempt on the world record was abandoned last year due to bad weather.
•They were arrested after a failed coup attempt.

verb
to make an effort or try to do sth, especially sth difficult
•~ to do sth I will attempt to answer all your questions.
• Do not attempt to repair this yourself.
•~ sth The prisoners attempted an escape, but failed.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French attempter, from Latin attemptare, from ad- ‘to’ + temptare ‘to tempt’.

Thesaurus:
attempt verb T
•He was shot while attempting to escape
try • |formal seek • • strive • |BrE, formal endeavour • |AmE, formal endeavor •
attempt/try/seek/strive/endeavour to do sth
Attempt or try? Attempt is more formal than try and places the emphasis on the act of starting to do sth rather than on the effort of achieving it.

Example Bank:
•A group of junior army officers attempted a coup in March 1988.
•Don't attempt to argue with him.
•In attempting to avoid the obvious pitfalls, many students make other silly mistakes.
•More than once, depression drove him to attempt suicide.
•The coastguard had advised them not to attempt a rescue.
•The patient may attempt to dismiss or deny the problem.
•The prisoner was shot while attempting to escape.