That wasn't bad for a first attempt.

第一次尝试，还算不错。

《牛津词典》

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At sixty degrees below zero, a man with wet feet must not fail in his first attempt to build a fire.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

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 hardly the first attempt to curtail the arcade-like scoring of the college game.

WSJ: College Baseball: The Ping Is Losing Pop

The trans-America bid is the first attempt of its kind with a zero-fuel aircraft.

BBC: Solar Impulse plane lands in Phoenix

Brett Gardner's first attempt at building a custom base-stealing glove didn't go the way he planned.

WSJ: It's for Sliding, Not Baking