nice tryused when someone has made a guess or suggestion, or has attempted to do something, to say that it is good, but not quite correct or successful 好但是行不通的建议 ‘We could phone Mark to come and pick us up.’ ‘Nice try, Clive, but we haven’t got his number.’ “我们可以给马克打电话让他来接我们。”“这主意好是好，克莱夫，不过我们没有他的电话号码。”
nice try• You miscalculated, but it was a nice try.• It was a nice try, a necessary try, but one that ultimately failed.
→ nice try at nice(SPOKEN SECT)