try
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they try | |
he / she / it tries | |
past simple tried | |
past participle tried | |
-ing form trying |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to make an attempt or effort to do or get something 試圖;想要;設法;努力 I don't know if I can come but I'll try. 我不知道是否能來,但我盡可能來。 - try to do something
What are you trying to do? 你想要做什麽? I tried hard not to laugh. 我強忍住不笑出來。 You haven’t even tried to find it. 你甚至都沒試着找到它。 Don’t try to do it too quickly. 不要試圖做得太快。 I kept trying to remember where I had seen him before. 我一直在努力回憶以前在哪裏見過他。 I was just trying to help! 我只不過想幫忙而已! She was desperately trying to stay afloat. 她拼命想保持漂浮。 - try your best/hardest (to do something)
She tried her best to solve the problem. 她盡了最大的努力解決這個問題。 Just try your hardest. 請盡力而爲吧。 - try doing something
I tried calling him but there was no answer. 我試着給他打電話,但沒有人接。 Just try getting a plumber at the weekend! 試試周末找個水管工吧! He tried and tried but he could not climb out. 他試了又試,但還是爬不出來。 Please try again later. 請稍後再試。
More Like This Verbs usually followed by infinitivesVerbs usually followed by infinitivesExtra ExamplesCan't you do it? Let me try. 你不會嗎?讓我來試一試。 I clumsily tried to make amends. 我笨拙地想要賠罪。 I wondered if he was purposely trying to avoid me. 我納悶他是否在故意躲避我。 She tried valiantly to smile through her tears. 她透過淚水勇敢地想要露出笑容。 I've given up trying to persuade her. 我已經放棄試圖說服她了。 a treason charge for allegedly trying to overthrow the government by force 據稱試圖以武力推翻政府的一項叛國罪指控 I hope you're not going to try and deny it. 我希望你不打算試着否定此事。 Can you guys at least try and be nice to her? 你們這些家夥就不能至少試着對她好一點兒嗎?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- desperately
- frantically
- furiously
- …
- decide to
- dare (somebody) to
- bother to
- …
- be just trying to do something
- be only trying to do something
- give up trying
- …
- [transitive]
to use, do or test something in order to see if it is good, suitable, etc. 試;試用;試做;試驗 - try something
Have you tried this new coffee? It's very good. 你嘗過這種新咖啡嗎?好極啦。 ‘Would you like to try some raw fish?’ ‘Why not? I'll try anything once!’ “你想嘗點兒生魚片嗎?” “好哇,我什麽都想嘗一點兒!” I'd like to try something new. 我想嘗試一些新的東西。 I'm having a caffeine-free week. You should try it. 我這周不含咖啡因。你應該試試。 Have you ever tried windsurfing? 你玩過帆板運動嗎? Try these shoes for size—they should fit you. 試試這雙鞋的大小,你穿應該合腳。 She tried the door, but it was locked. 她推了推那扇門,但門鎖着。 - try something on somebody/something
The treatment has not yet been tried on patients. 這種療法尚未在病人身上試驗過。 - try doing something
John isn't here. Try phoning his mobile. 約翰不在這裏。試試打他的手機。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- desperately
- frantically
- furiously
- …
- decide to
- dare (somebody) to
- bother to
- …
- be just trying to do something
- be only trying to do something
- give up trying
- …
- try something
- [transitive] [often passive]
to examine evidence in court and decide whether somebody is innocent or guilty 審理;審訊;審判 - try somebody (for something)
He was tried for murder. 他因謀殺罪而受審。 - try something
The case was tried before a jury. 此案是由陪審團參加審理的。
- try somebody (for something)
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French trier ‘sift’, of unknown origin. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the early 17th cent.
Idioms
do/try your damnedest (to do something)
do/try your level best (to do something)
to do as much as you can to try to achieve something Topics Successc2盡自己最大的努力;竭盡全力;全力以赴
not for want/lack of trying
used to say that although somebody has not succeeded in something, they have tried very hard 並非努力不夠;已經盡力了 They haven't won a game yet, but it isn't for want of trying. 他們還沒赢過一場比賽,但並不是由於拼勁不足。 They lost the game, but not for lack of trying. 他們輸了比賽,但已經盡力了。
these things are sent to try us
- (saying)
used to say that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it (表示無法改變,應該接受)這些都是對我們的考驗(或磨煉)
tried and tested/trusted (British English)
(North American English tried and true)
that you have used or relied on in the past successfully 經過考驗的;可靠的;可信賴的 a tried and tested method for solving the problem 解決這個問題的可靠辦法
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- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
try/do your damnedest (to do something)
- (informal)
to try as hard as you can (to do something) 全力以赴;盡力而爲;竭盡全力 She tried her damnedest to get it done on time. 她竭盡全力按時完成了任務。
try your hand (at something)
to do something such as an activity or a sport for the first time 初試身手
try it on (with somebody) (British English, informal, disapproving)
try your luck (at something)
to do something that involves risk or luck, hoping to succeed Topics Successc2碰運氣
try somebody’s patience
to make somebody feel impatient 使忍無可忍;使不耐煩 His stubbornness would try the patience of a saint. 他的固執會考驗聖人的耐心。