1、attempt

尝试，试图（尤指做困难的事）

The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia.

只有在费城那次我们曾试着做那样的事。

Before I could attempt a reply he added over his shoulder: Wait there.

还没等我回答他就回头又说了一句：“在那儿等着。”

（通常指不成功的）尝试，企图，试图

a deliberate attempt to destabilise the defence.

经过深思熟虑的破坏该防御的尝试

It was one of his rare attempts at humour.

那是他极不常见的想要表现幽默的一次。

（运动员创造纪录的）尝试，冲击

Everything is almost ready for me to make another attempt on the record.

一切几乎都已准备就绪，就等我向纪录发起再一次冲击了。

2、proceed

接下来做；接着做

He proceeded to tell me of my birth.

他接着给我讲我出生的事。

He asked for ice for his whiskey and proceeded to get contentedly drunk.

他要求在威士忌里加冰，接着心满意足地喝了个酩酊大醉。

继续进行；继续做

The group proceeded with a march they knew would lead to bloodshed.

这个团体继续示威游行，他们知道这将导致流血事件的发生。

The trial has been delayed until November because the defence is not ready to proceed.

因为被告方没有做好应诉的准备，审判已经被延期至11月份。

（活动、过程或事件）继续，持续，连续不断

The ideas were not new. Their development had proceeded steadily since the war.

这些并不是什么新思想，自从战争开始就一直稳定地发展演变。

Efforts to reform the Interior Ministry have not yet proceeded very far.

对内政部进行改革的尝试还没有取得很大进展。