Try

(verb.) melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; 'try the yak butter'; 'render fat in a casserole'.

(verb.) test the limits of; 'You are trying my patience!'.

(verb.) give pain or trouble to; 'I've been sorely tried by these students'.

(verb.) make an effort or attempt; 'He tried to shake off his fears'; 'The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps'; 'The police attempted to stop the thief'; 'He sought to improve himself'; 'She always seeks to do good in the world'.

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• Difficulties arise when we try to apply this wisdom in the present. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Then suppose you try, ma'am,' said Bounderby, laying an envelope with a cheque in it in her little basket. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I'll try not to be vain, said Amy. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I try, but every day I lose a little, and feel more sure that I shall never gain it back. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He flourished back and got his cup and set it down triumphantly, and said: Just try that mixture once, Captain Duncan. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Try, said he; the soup is very good. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I can bring myself to promise nothing more tonight, Lizzie, except that I will try what I can do. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I suppose they have not done trying on yet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• She had not thought of her own situation at all: she was simply engrossed in trying to put a little order in theirs. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Now she was simply ripening into a copy of her mother, and mysteriously, by the very process, trying to turn him into a Mr. Welland. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• She had been trying the new piano all the morning. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He laughed, trying to hold it in because the shaking hurt his arm. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• His Democratic opponents, especially Woodrow Wilson, are, as I write, in the midst of the Presidential campaign of 1912, trying to focus attention on the tariff. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• She knew he was trying to break away from her finally, to be free. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He tried to look knowing over the Latin grammar when little Rawdon showed him what part of that work he was in. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Poor Oliver tried to keep up with the coach a little way, but was unable to do it, by reason of his fatigue and sore feet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Little Dorrit tried to stop her from saying anything, but she answered that she would, she must! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I think I must have tried about everything in those books. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Elinor tried to talk of something else; but Miss Steele could not be kept beyond a couple of minutes, from what was uppermost in her mind. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• I even tried poetry. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And that wretch stands there, and tries to make me doubt that my mother, who was an angel on earth, is an angel in heaven now! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• If it fails on its merits, he doesn't worry or fret about it, but, on the contrary, regards it as a useful fact learned; remains cheerful and tries something else. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• One tries to serve two masters at once. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• When it tries to do so by sumptuary legislation, nothing but mischief is invoked. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• You are rather too kind sometimes, and then just a trifle hasty when he tries your patience. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• One tries each course by turns. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Then the soul of the thirsty one, in so far as he is thirsty, desires only drink; for this he yearns and tries to obtain it? 柏拉图. 理想国.

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