After the war, the army made an attempt to assert its authority in the south of the country.

战后，军队试图在该国南部显示其权威。

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They made an attempt to escape.

他们试图逃跑。

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He made an attempt to escape, but failed.

他企图逃跑，但没有成功。

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It read: "This is to inform you that an attempt will be made to supply Fort Sumter with food only.

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we can run the engine backward and build a refrigerator, if you've got your lecture notes from last period your 8-9, well, they're labeled 8-9 lecture notes, I made an attempt to define something which was a little bit misguided.

现在我们可以把热机倒过来,制作一台制冷机，如果你们拿出上节课的笔记,也就是8-9节，好的，他们在8-9节，当时我试着,定义了一些,有些误导你们的物理量。

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If an attempt is made to put more men in Fort Sumter, a war cry will be sounded from every hilltop and valley in the South."

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But, he made an attempt to engage, a point Reynolds underscored in Hemingway: The 1930s.

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For its part, the company claims they made an attempt to renew their registration but overpaid their fees.

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Sony has made an attempt to jump start sales of its tablet computers at Berlin's IFA consumer electronics show.

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