释义 |
Adjective: trying trIing- Hard to endure
"fell upon trying times" - Extremely irritating to the nerves
"a trying day at the office" - nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful Verb: try trI- Make an effort or attempt
"He tried to shake off his fears" - seek, attempt, essay, assay - Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
"This approach has been tried with good results" - test, prove, try out, examine, essay, trial - Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
"The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials" - judge, adjudicate - Take a sample of
"Try these new crackers" - sample, try out, taste - Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
"The case will be tried in California" - hear - Give pain or trouble to
"I've been sorely tried by these students" - Test the limits of
"You are trying my patience!" - strain, stress - Melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
"try the yak butter" - render - Put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
"Try on this sweater to see how it looks" - try on
See also: difficult, disagreeable, hard, trial, trier Type of: act, afflict, anguish, assume, consume, decide, determine, don, evaluate, examine, get into, have, hurt, ingest, judge, make up one's mind, melt, melt down, move, pain, pass judgment, probe, put on, run, take, take in, wear Encyclopedia: Try Try, Try Again Try, Try, Try |