try to
填鴨英文教育有許多遺毒，try to 是其一，多數人看到相關語例，就將之翻譯為「試圖」，不知其有多種不同語意：
1. 想
Don't try to boss me around.別想對我頤指氣使。
Don't try to walk before you can crawl. 不要不會爬就想走路。
2. 盡量
Try to exercise as often as possible.盡量多運動。
I'll try to do whatever is right. 我會盡量做對的事。
3. 企圖
A courting male lion tries to impress his lioness. 一頭求偶的公獅企圖撩母獅。
4. 意圖
Former 2-term Republican Gov Larry Hogan is trying to flip a Democrat-held Senate seat in blue state Maryland. 兩任前共和黨州長賴利何根意圖翻轉民主黨在藍州馬里蘭持有的參院席次。
5. 想辦法
You must try to learn from your mistakes. 你必須想辦法從錯誤中學習。
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