make an attempt to do

基本解釋

C. make an attempt to do sth.
爲(wèi)固定短語(yǔ)，意爲(wèi)“嘗試做某事”。
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It is hard to squeeze the variety of addresses into any set schema, but if you don't make an attempt to do so you lose all hope of making sense of real-life addresses.
很難把各種不同的地址歸納進(jìn)一定的模式，但不嘗試這樣做又毫無(wú)希望表達(dá)現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的地址。
When you make an attempt to change your habits, you feel more comfortable just saying you’re going to do it than actually doing it.
儅你努力改變你的習(xí)慣的時(shí)候，你會(huì)覺得僅是這麼說(shuō)比真正這麼去做舒服的多。

To be fair, Edlund and Korn were merely building an admittedly grossly simplified model of human behavior in an attempt to answer a nagging question: Why do hookers make so much money?
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