She tried to hush her noisy father.

她试图让吵吵嚷嚷的父亲安静下来。

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She tried to seize the gun from him.

她试图夺他的枪。

《牛津词典》

She tried to stop herself from crying out.

她试图控制住自己不叫出声来。

《牛津词典》

Lucille Clifton often said that she tried to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

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She tried to get past him, and he tried to let her, but they were both moving the same way each time.

他们互相都想，让对方过去。

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She tried to study it and tried to figure out how it was that life insurance became more and more important over that century One of her conclusions was that life insurance seemed to be opposed quite a bit by women, nineteenth century women.

她试着研究这一现象,并试图揭示,在当时寿险的重要性,是如何获得人们的认可的,她的一项研究结论表明,女性似乎对寿险非常抵触,我是指19世纪的女性

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She told the court when she tried to contact her again, there was no reply.

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At first she says she tried to keep up the pretence she was Japanese.

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In her own obscure and useless way, she tried to defend her freedom, tried to learn.

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