He is also believed to have been involved in a botched attempt to shoot down an Israeli charter jet leaving the Mombasa airport the same day.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

The last thing you want is to have the other firm undercut you, in an attempt to push prices down.

你最不想看到别的企业,通过降价来打压你

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

This was my best attempt at hitting zero and not having the graph go down there.

这是我最好的尝试,使它接近零但又不掉下去。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

As the criminal investigation got underway, there were many more questions than answers regarding the attempt to bring down an Amsterdam to Detroit airliner on Christmas Day.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

While President Nimeiri had initially cracked down on Islamic activists, by 1983 he had embraced Islamism in an attempt to boost his popularity, which had suffered along with the country's economy.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

The suspected terrorist was thought to have been involved in a 2002 bombing of an Israeli tourist hotel on the coast of Kenya and a botched attempt at shooting down an Israeli charter jet the same day.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16