They made no attempt to escape.

他们没有企图逃跑。

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I will attempt to answer all your questions.

我将努力回答你的全部问题。

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He made a genuine attempt to improve conditions.

他真心实意地努力改善环境。

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He ordered the Treasury Department to sell gold to block the attempt by Gould and Fisk to control the gold market.

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The most outrageous action in Laud's crackdown was his move to ban -his attempt to ban preaching in churches.

他所做过的最骇人听闻的暴行,是企图在教堂里禁止布道训诫行为。

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Similarly, divination. Divination is an attempt to discern the future that, once again, heads right to the source of power.

类似的还有占卜术，占卜是一种试图看清未来的法术,它的终极目标，也是神力的源头。

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In a move that can be seen as desperate, McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) and Burger King keep extending those 99-cent add-ons in the U.S. in an attempt to boost sales.

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"If you attempt to impose ... a credit card and registration model ... there will be a substantial loss of readership, " said David Sobel, general counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, describing part of the plaintiffs' strategy.

CNN: Court challenge of 'CDA II' continues

Huawei Technologies Co. reversed course and withdrew its attempt to win U.S. approval for a small but controversial acquisition it completed last summer.

WSJ: Huawei Drops Attempt to Buy U.S. Technology Assets From 3Leaf