What's more, they were attempting to do something that those industry giants had been unable to do.

更重要的是，他们尝试做的是那些行业巨头都无法做到的事情。

If your skill level is here and you attempt to do something up here, it may be fail.

如果你的水平在这里的话，而你想要达到这个水平，可能会失败。

Try to do something means to attempt to do something very difficult and really put in the effort.

努力做某事的意思是尝试做一些非常困难的事情，并真正付出努力。

What's more, they were attempting to do something that those industry giants had simply been unable to do.

更重要的是，他们尝试做的是那些行业巨头都无法做到的事情。

This means a final desperate attempt to do something.

这意味着做某事的最后绝望尝试。

" To take a stab at" means to attempt to do something.

“to take a stab at”意思是试图做某事。

Effort is hard work for an attempt to do something.

努力是为尝试做某事而做的艰苦工作。

When we use 'try' with an –ing, all we're saying is that we attempted to do something.

当我们将“try” 与-ing 一起使用时，我们只是在说我们试图做某事。

We often use that expression when we are attempting to do something that we have never done before.

当我们试图做一些我们以前从未做过的事情时，我们经常使用这个表达方式。

The first meaning I gave is probably the more common one, in the sense of convincing or attempting to do something.

我给出的第一个意思可能是更常见的意思， 在说服或尝试做某事的意义上。

Well of course, your confidence is going to be shattered at that point but if you attempt to do something here, you're much more likely to succeed.

当然了，你的信心可能在那个点崩塌，但是如果你想要实现的水平在这里的话，你就有更大的可能性成功了。

Okay, when we " try to do" something it means we make a very big effort, we attempt to do something that's very difficult.

好的，当我们“尝试做”某事时，这意味着我们付出了很大的努力，我们试图做一些非常困难的事情。

" To try your hand (hand) at" something means to attempt to do something for the first time, not knowing whether you will be successful or not.

" to try your hand (hand) at" 意思是第一次尝试做某事，不知道会不会成功。

" To give something another try" (try) means to attempt to do something for a second time to see if it will work better or will be successful.

“To give something another try”（尝试）的意思是第二次尝试做某事，看看它是否会更好或是否会成功。

Primarily, affirmative action was an attempt to do something about the effects of discrimination on African Americans, on Latino Americans, on Native Americans or American Indians, and to a lesser extent, on Asian Americans.

首先，平权行动是试图对非裔美国人、拉丁美洲人、美洲原住民或美洲印第安人以及较小程度上对亚裔美国人的歧视影响采取行动。