TRY


Meaning of TRY in English

I.

noun

1 attempt

ADJECTIVE

▪ good , nice

Never mind—it was a good ~. Better luck next time.

▪ another

▪ first , second , etc.

She passed the test on the first ~.

her second ~ at a Broadway musical

VERB + TRY

▪ have

Can I have a ~?

▪ give sth

It looks difficult, but let's give it a ~.

▪ be worth

It may not work, but it's certainly worth a ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ at

She's having another ~ at the marathon.

2 scoring move in rugby

ADJECTIVE

▪ dazzling , excellent , good , great , splendid , superb , well-taken

▪ opening

▪ last-minute , late

▪ decisive , winning

▪ penalty

▪ pushover

VERB + TRY

▪ get , go over for , score

▪ convert

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ against

He scored three tries against New Zealand.

▪ ~ by , ~ from

an excellent ~ by winger Neil Lang

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ desperately , frantically , furiously , hard , mightily ( esp. AmE )

She was ~ing desperately to stay afloat.

Sam was ~ing hard not to laugh.

▪ gamely , valiantly

She tried valiantly to smile through her tears.

▪ actively

Do you actively ~ to get involved in other people's projects?

▪ consciously , deliberately , intentionally , purposely

I wondered if he was purposely ~ing to avoid me.

▪ constantly , continually , repeatedly

I'm constantly ~ing to make things better.

▪ clumsily

I clumsily tried to make amends.

▪ hurriedly

I hurriedly tried to unlock the door.

▪ feebly

▪ at least

Can you guys at least ~ and be nice to her?

▪ fruitlessly , futilely ( esp. AmE ), in vain , unsuccessfully , vainly

▪ allegedly

a treason charge for allegedly ~ing to overthrow the government by force

VERB + TRY

▪ decide to

I decided to ~ again.

▪ dare (sb) to

I dare you to ~ and stop her.

▪ bother to

She didn't even bother to ~ to check on her son.

▪ continue to

We have to continue to ~ to learn more about this.

▪ hesitate to

He wouldn't hesitate to ~ and kill them.

▪ be going to

I hope you're not going to ~ and deny it.

▪ be tempted to

▪ be tempting to

▪ let sb

Can't you do it? Let me ~.

PHRASES

▪ be just ~ing to do sth , be only ~ing to do sth

I was just ~ing to help!

▪ give up ~ing

I've given up ~ing to persuade her.

▪ ~ your best , ~ your hardest , ~ your utmost

I tried my best not to laugh.

Try is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ approach , ↑ avenue , ↑ case , ↑ cuisine , ↑ delicacy , ↑ diplomacy , ↑ dish , ↑ door , ↑ exercise , ↑ experiment , ↑ handle , ↑ idea , ↑ knob , ↑ luck , ↑ manoeuvre , ↑ patience , ↑ ploy , ↑ recipe , ↑ remedy , ↑ restaurant , ↑ route , ↑ shot , ↑ tack , ↑ tactic , ↑ technique , ↑ trick , ↑ yoga

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .