try /traɪ/ CET4 TEM4 ( trying, tried, tries )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you try to do something, you want to do it, and you take action which you hope will help you to do it. 试图

  例：

  He secretly tried to help her at work.

  他试图悄悄地在工作上帮助她。

  例：

  Does it annoy you if others don't seem to try hard enough?

  如果其他人做得似乎不够努力，这会使你烦恼吗？

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Try is also a noun. 尝试

  例：

  It wasn't that she'd really expected to get any money out of him; it had just seemed worth a try.

  并非是她真的期望从他那里弄到一些钱；只是似乎值得一试。

• 3. 

  V-T To try and do something means to try to do it. 设法 [非正式]

  例：

  I must try and see him.

  我必须设法见到他。

• 4. 

  V-I If you try for something, you make an effort to get it or achieve it. 试图 (获得)

  例：

  My partner and I have been trying for a baby for two years.

  我和我的配偶两年来一直试着生个孩子。

• 5. 

  V-T If you try something new or different, you use it, do it, or experience it in order to discover its qualities or effects. 试用

  例：

  It's best not to try a new recipe for the first time on such an important occasion.

  在这样的重要场合，最好不要首次试用新的食谱。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT Try is also a noun. 试用

  例：

  If you're still skeptical about exercising, we can only ask you to trust us and give it a try.

  如果你仍对锻炼持怀疑态度，我们只能请你相信我们，试一试。

• 7. 

  V-T If you try a particular place or person, you go to that place or person because you think that they may be able to provide you with what you want. 试试 (去某处或找某人)

  例：

  Have you tried the local music shops?

  你试过当地的音乐商店吗？

• 8. 

  V-T If you try a door or window, you try to open it. 试着 (开门、窗)

  例：

  Bob tried the door. To his surprise it opened.

  鲍勃试着推推门。令他吃惊的是门开了。

• 9. 

  V-T When a person is tried, he or she has to appear in a law court and is found innocent or guilty after the judge and jury have heard the evidence. When a legal case is tried, it is considered in a court of law. 审讯; 审理

  例：

  He suggested that those responsible should be tried for crimes against humanity.

  他建议那些责任人应该以反人类罪受审。

  例：

  Whether he is innocent or guilty is a decision that will be made when the case is tried in court.

  他有罪还是无罪要等案子经由法庭审理后才能做出判决。

• 10. 

  N-COUNT In the game of rugby, a try is the action of scoring by putting the ball down behind the goal line of the opposing team. (橄榄球运动中在对方球门线后) 带球触地得分

  例：

  The French, who led 21-3 at half time, scored eight tries.

  法国队在上半场结束时以21比3领先，他们有8次带球触地得分。

• 11. 

  → see also tried, trying

• 12. 

  to try your best →see best

• 13. 

  to try your hand →see hand

• 14. 

  to try someone's patience →see patience