| 释义 |
attempted, ppl. a.|əˈtɛmtɪd|
[f. attempt v. + -ed.]
Tried, essayed, endeavoured; assailed, attacked; also, tempted, tested, put to trial (obs.).
1513Bradshaw St. Werburge (1848) 197 The erle sore attempted by his gostly ennemy. 1535Hen. VIII in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. App. lxiii. 155 By long attempted experience in searching the truth. 1596Spenser F.Q. i. vi. 46 Lewd lusts, and late attempted sin. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. (1851) 271 To secure and protect the weaknesse of any attempted chastity. 1838Arnold Hist. Rome (1848) I. 151 The charge of treason and attempted tyranny. |