trying

He acted like a drowning man trying to catch at a straw.

他那样做好像一个快要淹死的人拼命想捞救命稻草一样.

The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.

财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留.

I've been all over the shop trying to find that pen.

我一直在找那支钢笔.

It's hopeless trying to convince her.

想说服她简直是徒劳。

The company is trying to popularise its new products.

公司努力推广新产品.

She is trying to slim by jogging [ dieting ].

她正用跑步法 [ 节食法 ] 来减肥.

There is no harm in trying it.

不妨一试.

The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.

医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病.

She realized that Johnson was trying to convey to her that he was lonely.

她意识到约翰逊是在尽力向她表达他的寂寞.

She is trying to alter the coat.

她正设法改那件衣服.

Trying to get that class to learn anything is like knocking your head against a brick wall!

想要那个班的学生学习点东西是白费气力.

I wish you'd stop trying to butter me up.

我希望你不要再恭维我了.

Before trying to tackle his homework he read up the notes he had taken at the lecture.

他把课堂上记的笔记认真看过后才动手做作业.

They perceived that the enemy was trying to wear down their resistance.

他们明白敌人是想用消耗的办法来制服他们的抵抗.

Pipe down! I'm trying to listen to the news.

不要讲话了! 我在收听新闻.

Our company is trying to diversify.

我们公司正力图往多样化方面发展.

Why wa ste valuable teaching time trying to knock in a list of facts, if the children aren't interested?

既然孩子们对罗列的事实不感兴趣,为什么要浪费宝贵的教学时间强行塞给他们 呢 ?

I was speechless, still trying to assimilate the enormity of what he'd told me.

我无话可说，一时还无法接受他对我所说之事的严重性。

We've been chasing up hill and down dale trying to find you.

我们在到处找你呢.

They've been trying to push all the unpleasant jobs on me again.

他们一直想把所有讨厌的工作再次往我身上推.

They've been trying to lick their wounds these years.

这几年,他们一直在努力地重整旗鼓.

Make an outline before trying to write a composition.

写作文之前先写个提纲.

The union leaders are trying to buy time by prolonging the negotiations.

工会的领袖企图以延长谈判过程来拖延时间.

I knew he was trying to wheedle me into being at his beck and call.

我知道这是他拉拢我,好让我俯首贴耳地为他效劳.

Don't give me a hard time, boys. I'm trying to study.

别捣蛋, 伙计们, 我要学习了.

The cat is on the chair trying to get at the bird.

猫在椅子上想逮那只鸟.

Are you trying to skin the old lady?

你想骗老太太的钱 吗 ?

She's always trying to load me down with her problems.

她总想用她的那些问题把我压得喘不过气来.

Trying to agree where to go on holiday set the family by the ears.

试图商定去哪里度假,结果造成了家庭不和.