喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture someone reaching out to do something when the result is not certain — they put in effort, not knowing yet if it will work. That uncertain push, 'let me see if I can', runs under almost every use of try: you act in order to find out.

可以想成一個人「在還不確定會不會成功時,先伸手去做做看」:結果未知,但他先出力試一下,看看行不行。「try」幾乎所有…更多收起可以想成一個人「在還不確定會不會成功時,先伸手去做做看」:結果未知,但他先出力試一下,看看行不行。「try」幾乎所有用法底下都是這個畫面——不是已經會了才做,而是「先試,從結果裡找答案」。不論是努力達成、試用、試吃、試門鎖,核心都是這股「不確定中先動手」的力氣。

原始詞典資料30 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

tryverb詞源 1/tɹaɪ/

  • 1

    To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.

    • I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.
    • Can you start the car? —I'll try (to).
  • 2

    obsoleteTo divide; to separate.

    • […]euery feend his buſie paines applyde, / To melt the golden metall, ready to be tryde.
  • 3

    obsoleteTo divide; to separate.

    • to try out the wild corn from the good
    • the wylde corne, beinge in shap and greatnesse lyke to the good, if they be mengled, with great difficultie will be tried out
  • 4

    obsoletenauticaltransportTo divide; to separate.

  • 5

    obsoleteTo divide; to separate.

  • 6

    To test, to work out.

    • I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade.
  • 7

    To test, to work out.

    • I shall try my skills on this.
    • The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
  • 8

    To test, to work out.

    • You are trying my patience.
    • Don't try me.
另外 14 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    slangTo test, to work out.

    • You wouldn't dare and try me!
    • You fixin' to try something, fool?
  • 10

    To test, to work out.

    • Mona: Try this vampire bolt on for size! Cedric: Why don't you try this alien bolt?
  • 11

    To test, to work out.

    • Oh, you need to try the soup of the day!
    • Calvin: What's this disgusting slimy blob? Dad: Try it. You'll love it.
  • 12

    To test, to work out.

    • to try weights or measures by a standard;  to try a person's opinions
    • Let the end try the man.
  • 13

    To test, to work out.

    • I'll try whether I can make it across town on foot.
    • Sir, the doctors and apothecaries are the greatest thieves in the world; they are always trying which can rob their patients the most.
  • 14

    lawTo test, to work out.

    • He was tried and executed.
    • The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.
  • 15

    To experiment, to strive.

    • […]try the Lybian Heat, or Scythian Cold.
    • Never more Mean I to trie what rash untri'd I sought, The paine of absence from thy sight.
  • 16

    To experiment, to strive.

    • Dad, for God's sake, I'm trying my best!
    • You are trying too hard.
  • 17

    obsoleteTo experiment, to strive.

    • How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?)
  • 18

    To experiment, to strive.

    • to try rival claims by a duel;  to try conclusions
    • […]Left I the Court, to ſee this Quarrell try’de.
  • 19

    To experiment, to strive.

  • 20

    nauticaltransportTo lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.

  • 21

    To strain; to subject to excessive tests.

    • The light tries his eyes.
    • Repeated failures try one's patience.
  • 22

    slangTo want, to desire.

    • I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.

trynoun詞源 1/tɹaɪ/

  • 1

    An attempt.

    • I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.
    • There was the day also when his favourite right uppercut had connected in most accurate and rhythmical fashion with the protruded chin of Bull Wardell of Whitechapel, whereby Silas put himself in the way of a Lonsdale Belt and a try for the championship.
  • 2

    An act of tasting or sampling.

    • I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.
  • 3

    ball-gamesgameshobbiesA score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.

    • Today I scored my first try.
    • But two penalties and a drop-goal from Jonny Wilkinson, despite a host of other wayward attempts, plus a late try from Chris Ashton were enough to send a misfiring England through.
  • 4

    obsoletedialectalA screen, or sieve, for grain.

    • They will not passe thorough the holes of the sieve, ruddle or trie, if they be narrow.
  • 5

    American-footballball-gamesfootballA field goal or extra point

  • 6

    board-gameschessgamesA move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.

  • 7

    computingengineeringmathematicsA block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.

tryadj詞源 2/tɹaɪ/

  • 1

    obsoleteFine, excellent.

    • But he her ſuppliant hands, thoſe hands of gold, / And eke her feete, thoſe feete of ſiluer trye, […] Chopt off […].

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