| 释义 |
try /traɪ/► SEE ALLtry your hand (at sth/doing sth)try it on (with sb)try your luck (at sth)try sb’s patiencedo/try your damnedestdo/try your level best (to do sth)these things are sent to try usdo/try your utmost (to do sth)
●try your ˈhand (at sth/doing sth)try sth for the first time, for example a skill or a sport 试试身手；尝试◆I’ve always wanted to try my hand at golf.
我一直都想尝试一下打高尔夫球。●ˌtry it ˈon (with sb) (BrE, informal) do sth that you know is wrong, in order to see if sb will accept this behaviour or not （故意做错事以）试探某人◆The price he asked was far too much. I think he was just trying it on.
他要的价高得离谱，我看他只是想试探我们。◆Don’t try it on with me, pal, or you’ll be sorry.
伙计，别跟我来这一套，不然你会后悔的。●try your ˈluck (at sth)try to do or get sth, hoping you will succeed 碰运气◆A friend told me the job was available, so I thought I’d try my luck.
一个朋友告诉我有这么个工作，所以我就想去碰碰运气。●try sb’s ˈpatiencemake sb feel impatient 使忍无可忍；使不耐烦◆Jim’s constant complaining was really beginning to try her patience.
吉姆一直在抱怨，她真的快要失去耐心了。●do/try your ˈdamnedest (informal) try very hard; make a very great effort 拼老命也要；竭尽全力◆He was doing his damnedest to make me feel uncomfortable so that I would leave.他想尽办法让我觉得不好过，好赶我走。●do/try your level ˈbest (to do sth)try as hard as you can 尽自己最大努力；竭尽全力；全力以赴◆I’ll do my level best to be there by ten o’clock, but I can’t promise anything.我会尽全力争取十点之前赶到那里，但是我无法保证。●these ˌthings are sent to ˈtry us (saying) used to say that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it （表示只能接受令人不快的事实）这是对我们的考验，这是上天的安排◆‘My car broke down again.’ ‘Oh well, these things are sent to try us.’“我的车又抛锚了。”“噢，这是上帝对我们的考验。”●do/try your ˈutmost (to do sth)try as hard as you can (to do sth) 竭力，尽全力（做某事）◆I tried my utmost to stop them.我竭力阻止他们。◆Don’t blame her — she did her utmost to finish it on time.别怪她，她已经尽全力想按时完成了。 |