It was a good try but it didn't really come off.

这是一次好的尝试但未真正奏效。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

You had a darn good try.

你这一试再好不过了。

《牛津词典》

It was a good try but it didn't succeed.

这是一个很好的尝试，但没有成功。

《新英汉大辞典》

He used the position to try to make the public recognize the dangers of nuclear power as well as its possibilities for good.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

We won't make you write dramas like Pirandello, but we're going to try make you at least write good code.

我们的函数中的东西,我们不会让你去写皮兰德娄的荒诞剧,但是我们会教你写漂亮的代码。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

So that's pretty good. Let's try a slightly larger example.

所以很好，让我们试试,数字大一些的例子。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

All banks try to diversify, but the good ones also specialise, or at least try to be good in areas in which they compete.

ECONOMIST: American banks

Paterson converted before flanker Kelly Brown increased Scotland's lead with a try following good work by Rory Lamont.

BBC: Scotland 56-10 Portugal

BBC's new channels, it seems odder still to argue that Britain's biggest broadcaster should not try out good new ideas.

ECONOMIST: Let the BBC expand��but privatise it first