essayed

例句:

• Sinclair essayed a smile but it could hardly have been rated as a success.
  辛克莱想试着微笑一下，但根本没有笑出来。
  
• The bishop essayed to make him a bow.
  主教试图朝他行个礼.
  
• The student essayed his first solo flight.
  该学员尝试作首次单独飞行.
  
• Here, though, the practice reveals an even greater subtlety than the self-referential practice essayed by its predecessor.
  来自BBC
• It's difficult to imagine a world before the synthetic sounds essayed here became so influential.
  来自BBC