| 词汇 | try for something |
| 释义 | try for somethingtry for something phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto try and get something you really want, such as a job, a prize, or a chance to study somewhere 试图获得；争取，谋求 I decided I must try for some paid work. 我下决心一定要找份有薪酬的工作。 We have been trying for a baby (=trying to have a baby) for nine years. 九年来我们一直在努力想要个孩子。 Examples from the Corpus try for • Removing personal memorials, or even mowing around them, can be trying for highway crews.• If their application fails, the player has then to decide whether to try for other posts or apply for reinstatement.• In her stocking feet, trying for silence, she moved out to the kitchen and went about her morning routine.• Having hit a bad patch, financially, I decided I must try for some paid work with my knitting machine.• Elliott had stepped away, trying for the counter-punch.• I believe in trying for the obvious first.• Developers have been trying for years to finish building a cruise ship pier that will bring more jobs and tourism to Cozumel.• Scudamore has tried for years to win the National. trying for a baby• My partner, Gary, 34, and I were trying for a baby.• Predicting when ovulation will take place in advance is important when trying for a baby.• I've been told I should wait three months before trying for a baby again - but why is this advice given? → try for something at try1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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