At no time did I make an attempt to impede any investigatory effort.

我从未试图妨碍任何调查的努力。

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At this point, the JVM will first attempt to make more memory available by invoking the garbage collector.

当可用内存不能满足需求时，JVM将首先尝试通过调用垃圾收集来释放出更多的可用内存。

youdao

URIClient will strip off the parameters (i.e., claim=25222) and will attempt to make a socket connection to the URIServer at a port number known to the client and server.

URIClient 将移除参数（即，claim=25222）并将尝试在客户机和服务器已知的端口号上建立与 URIServer 之间的套接字连接。

youdao

Might it be time to move beyond this just a tiny bit, or at least make an attempt at subversion?

FORBES: Every Dwarf Is A Scotsman

The Obama campaign decided more than a year ago to define Mr. Romney early, on its terms, in an attempt to make the election at least in part a referendum on him and his business record rather than what most re-election campaigns tend to be, which is a referendum on the incumbent.

WSJ: Campaign 2012: Parties Seek Positives in Negative Tone

All this suggests it would be an abdication of moral duty if human beings did not at least make the attempt.

ECONOMIST: The right to choose to die