attempt

attempt

englanti

  1. yritys (se, että yrittää tehdä jtk)

Esimerkkejä attempt sanan käytöstä:

My first 'attempt' was a failure.

This man left the hospital and immediately made a serious 'attempt' on his life.

Synonyymisanakirja

attempt

  1. lyönti, parhaansa, parhaimmillaan, huonoin, pahin, rikos, lainrikkomus, hyökkäys, rynnäkkö, yritys, päällekarkaus, vaivannäkö, pyrkimys, ponnistus, kokeilu.

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Käännökset

englanti

yritys

ryhtyä

yrittää

päällekarkaus To try.

I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse.

to attempt an escape from prison

(ux)

Longfellow
Something attempted, something done, / Has earned a night's repose.
{{quote-magazine|year=2013|month=July-August|author=http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/sarah-glaz Sarah Glaz
puhekieltä To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
Thackeray
It made the laughter of an afternoon / That Vivien should attempt the blameless king.
puhekieltä To try to win, subdue, or overcome.

one who attempts the virtue of a woman

Shakespeare
Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further: / Take some remembrance of us, as a tribute.
puhekieltä To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.

to attempt the enemys camp''

Motley
without attempting his adversary's life
The action of trying at something. (defdate)

We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didnt manage.''

This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.

It was worth the attempt.

{{quote-magazine|date=2012-03
An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt. (defdate)
1584 No man can charge us of any attempt against the realm. (Allen's Defence Of English Catholics, cited after Edinburgh review 1883, p. 378)

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