查询词典 utter sth.

Attempt to do sth.=try to do sth.

尝试做某事不一定获得成功

Make an attempt to do sth; show some likelihood of doing sth

意欲做某事物；显出要做某事物的样子

Make an attempt at sth／to do sth.

企图做某事

Try to do sth.; attempt to do sth.

试图做，企图做

Attribute sth to sth 意为"认为……属于,把……归因于……",如:Not all that shift can be attributed to the movement out of the snowbelt, census officials say.

人口普查官员说，并非所有这些人口迁移都是为了离开寒冷地带。

Back sb sth up back sth upIThese political developments should be seen against a background of increasing East-West tension .

分析这些政治形势时，应考虑到东西方关系正日趋紧张。

2Be on the point of doing sth=be about to do sth.

正要做某事的时候

Be about to do sth / be to do sth be about to do

即将，正要做……。不加任何时间短语。

Be about to do sth: be on the point of doing sth.

刚要做某事，打定主意要

Be about to do sth.（＝ be on the point of doing sth.

表示"即将就要做某事"，称作"即时将来时"，但它不能和具体时间状语连用。

Cable dampener cannot be rolled up but must be hung over the cable.

缆帆不能被卷起，必须保证处于展开状态

"This skylark is a present from my master," he says.

"这只云雀是我主人献上的礼物。"他说。