Mister Winter said it was his first attempt to translate the spirit of the canyon into sound.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

There's a reason why the first attempt to even write about international law comes at this period.

这也就是为什么在这个时期,会有人在历史上第一次尝试撰写国际法

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

This is his first attempt at writing back to her.

这是他的第一封回信。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

This is Google's first attempt to sell its own electronic device.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

So this is really the first attempt, way back in the nineteenth century to study a market that's somewhere in the middle, where it happens most markets are there are two firms.

因此这就是它的第一个诱人之处,我们要回到十九世纪,去研究一个介于两者之间的市场,那个年代大多数市场都只有两家公司

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

This is its first attempt to sell its own device.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

By extension we have our attempt as readers to arrive at an understanding of the first two books in general.

延伸开来，我们作为作者，试图,达成对这两卷书的大体上的理解。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

His first attempt at a perfect game came in 2007 against the Texas Rangers.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

You'll remember there's first the bungled attempt by the two brothers to release her.

你们都记得他的两个哥哥第一次是,如何笨拙的尝试去解救她的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Mallory also was a member of the first Everest climbing attempt in nineteen twenty-two.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

The attempt was made on December sixth, soon after the first two Sputnik launches.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

The first launch attempt was postponed after technicians discovered a hydrogen leak while the ship was on the launch pad.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

"Now,I understand that some believe that we should attempt a return to the surface of the Moon first, as previously planned."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

And a bigger example, a better example perhaps of a complete lack of context and a sort of almost amazingly glib attempt to revise history, is that Muhammad was the first sort of environmentalist."

VOA: standard.2010.07.19