The businessman was sent to prison for trying to corrupt a tax official with money.

那个商人因企向税务官员行贿而被判入狱。

The bomb blew up as experts tried to defuse it.

专家们拆除引信时炸弹爆炸了。

Rather over enthusiastically,he tried to do it all himself.

有些过分热心了,一个人把工作全做了。

He frowned as he tried to work out the sum.

当算出总数的时候皱起了眉头。

He gesticulated wildly as he tried to make her understand.

使劲向她做着手势，让她明白。

The little dog whimpered when I tried to bath it.

我给小狗洗澡时，它低声悲嗥。

Nearly one hundred of them were subsequently tried,convicted and imprisoned.

其中近一人后来受到审讯、判刑和监禁。

Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance.

从后门溜走, 记者把截住了。

The girl’s arms were outstretched as she tried to catch the ball.

那女孩接住那个球, 便把胳膊伸了出去。

The grin of his friend discompose jack when he tried to make his speech.

要讲演时，的朋友裂着嘴笑，使心里很慌乱。

The grins of his friends discomposed Jack when he tried to make his speech.

要进行演讲时，的朋友们咧着嘴笑，这使得心里很慌乱。

The orchid is a class of plant which I have never tried to grow.

兰花这类植物我从来没种过。

As fire tries gold,so does adversity try virtue.

烈火炼真金,逆境见美德。

Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried.

甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠状动脉的方法都已经过。

He tried to bolster up their morale.

尽力鼓舞们的士气。

The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.

当局把流行病限制在局部范围。

An engineer tried to detonate the mine.

一名工程师引爆地雷。

They tried everyway to find the solution.

们尽办法来解决问题。

The speaker tried to rouse the masses.

报告人将群众鼓动起来。

I tried to scramble to my feet.

我奋力笨拙地站起来。