at one’s first attempt 某人第一次尝试
attempt sth.
尝试……
attempt to do sth. 尝试做某事,试图做某事
【辨析】attempt, try, manage 1) attempt正式用语, 常指一次的而不是继
续的尝试, 往往暗示这种尝试达不到目的, 常包含“冒险”之意。 2) try通俗用语, 指为成功做某事而付出努力 或花费一定代价, 后接不定式表示“试图做 某事”, 后接动词-ing形式表“试着做某 事”。 3) manage成功地做成某事, 尤指困难的事, 强调结果。
【归纳】think well of“对……高度评价,看重, 器重”。well可被highly, much等代替。如: The boss seems to think highly / well / much of you. Daphne and Michael thought highly / well / much of the school.
tears. 当他从树上摔下来的时候,他几乎要哭了。 beside / off the point 不切正题,无关紧要 eg Mark received low marks for his essay, as much of it was off the point. 马克的文章得了低分,因为文章的大部分内容 都不切正题。
【拓展】 think badly / little / nothing of 认为 不好,对……不在意 【语境应用】根据括号内的汉语提示补全 下面句子。
1) They all t_h_i_n_k_h__ig_h_l_y_/_w__e_ll_/_m_u__ch__o_f_t_h_e_f_i_lm_ (对 这部电影评价很高).