1、attempt

嘗試，試圖（尤指做困難的事）

The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia.

只有在費(fèi)城那次我們?cè)囍瞿菢拥氖隆?/p>

Before I could attempt a reply he added over his shoulder: Wait there.

還沒等我回答他就回頭又說了一句：“在那兒等著。”

（通常指不成功的）嘗試，企圖，試圖

a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence.

經(jīng)過深思熟慮的破壞該防御的嘗試

It was one of his rare attempts at humour.

那是他極不常見的想要表現(xiàn)幽默的一次。

（運(yùn)動(dòng)員創(chuàng)造紀(jì)錄的）嘗試，沖擊

Everything is almost ready for me to make another attempt on the record.

一切幾乎都已準(zhǔn)備就緒，就等我向紀(jì)錄發(fā)起再一次沖擊了。

2、proceed

接下來做；接著做

He proceeded to tell me of my birth.

他接著給我講我出生的事。

He asked for ice for his whiskey and proceeded to get contentedly drunk.

他要求在威士忌里加冰，接著心滿意足地喝了個(gè)酩酊大醉。

繼續(xù)進(jìn)行；繼續(xù)做

The group proceeded with a march they knew would lead to bloodshed.

這個(gè)團(tuán)體繼續(xù)示威游行，他們知道這將導(dǎo)致流血事件的發(fā)生。

The trial has been delayed until November because the defence is not ready to proceed.

因?yàn)楸桓娣經(jīng)]有做好應(yīng)訴的準(zhǔn)備，審判已經(jīng)被延期至11月份。

（活動(dòng)、過程或事件）繼續(xù)，持續(xù)，連續(xù)不斷

The ideas were not new. Their development had proceeded steadily since the war.

這些并不是什么新思想，自從戰(zhàn)爭開始就一直穩(wěn)定地發(fā)展演變。

Efforts to reform the Interior Ministry have not yet proceeded very far.

對(duì)內(nèi)政部進(jìn)行改革的嘗試還沒有取得很大進(jìn)展。