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英 [tra?] 美[tra?]

CET4TEM4考研CET6高頻詞基本詞匯

第三人稱單數:?tries;過去式:?tried;過去分詞:?tried;現在分詞:?trying;

try 嘗試，試圖，審理，審判

來自古法語 trier,選擇，選出，分開，詞源不詳。可能置換自古法語 tirer,拉出，拔出，來自 Proto-Germanic*terana,撕，撕開，來自 PIE*der,撕，撕開，詞源同 tear,tier.引申諸相關詞義。

try: try: [13] Try originally meant ‘separate, sift out’. It was borrowed from Old French trier ‘separate, sift’, and it has been speculated that this went back to a Vulgar Latin *trītāre, formed from the past participle of Latin terere ‘rub’ (source of English attrition, detritus, trite, etc). The notion of ‘separation’ led via ‘separating out the good’ to ‘examine, test’ and, in the 14th century, ‘attempt’. The derivative trial [16] was borrowed from Anglo-Norman after the sense ‘attempt’ developed for try in English, and so has never wholeheartedly taken over this meaning.
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try (v.): c. 1300, "examine judiciously, discover by evaluation, test;" mid-14c., "sit in judgment of," also "attempt to do," from Anglo-French trier (13c.), from Old French trier "to pick out, cull" (12c.), from Gallo-Roman *triare, of unknown origin. The ground sense is "separate out (the good) by examination." Sense of "subject to some strain" (of patience, endurance, etc.) is recorded from 1530s. To try on "test the fit of a garment" is from 1690s; to try (something) on for size in the figurative sense is recorded by 1946. Try and instead of try to is recorded from 1680s.
try (n.): late 15c., "screen for sifting," from try (v.). From 1832 as "an effort, an attempt."

1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.: 努力過，失敗過，沒關系，屢戰屢敗，屢敗屢戰，每一次失敗都比上一次更好。

3. "I think I'll try a hypnotist," I said with sudden resolution.: “我會找催眠師試試，”我突然堅決地說。

4. Try to support each other when one of you is feeling down.: 當有人覺得情緒低落時，要努力相互打氣。

5. Try these toning exercises before you start the day.: 在開始一天的活動之前，試著做做這些強身健體的體操。