A youth was inside the car, attempting to hot-wire it.

一个小青年正在车里试图用电线短路的方法发动汽车。

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They were accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

他们因企图妨碍司法公正而被控。

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The statement clearly was intended to caution Seoul against attempting to block the council's action again.

很显然，这份声明用意在于警告首尔别再试图阻止委员会的行动。

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He says they might be attempting to increase their dopamine levels to make up for the deficits in their reward system.

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In Lycidas, Milton looks back at the Elder Brother's theodicy, and it's almost as if he's attempting to test its validity.

在这首诗中，弥尔顿回顾了《科玛斯》中哥哥的斯奥迪斯，似乎是在验证斯奥迪斯正确与否。

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Right? Never mind the extent to which the language is connected to a world of which one is attempting to make sense.

我们都试图理解这个世界,语言则与这个世界息息相关,即使略去这一点不谈。

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This is my experience with the Left attempting to mimic the libertarian position.

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This speed-climbing technique is known as running a PDL (or Pakistani Death Loop, purportedly named after an unfortunate South Asian climber who took a huge fall off the Nose attempting to break the record).

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The result was a big mess of plastic that looked like the someone attempting to sew for the first time.

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