an abortive attempt

常見例句

Early on they realized the need for foreign technology, after an abortive attempt during the "Eighth Five Year Plan" from 1991-1995.
早先在1991-1995的第八個五年計劃中他們的嘗試失敗了，然后就意識到需要國外技術。
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Cyprus has been divided since July 1974, when Turkey invaded after a Greek-backed coup that led to an abortive attempt at enosis (union with Greece).
1974年7月土耳其的入侵使一個希臘支持的旨在促使塞浦路斯合并的政變徒勞無功，此后塞浦路斯陷入了分裂。
The Yemeni branch is better known in the West for one of its leaders, Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-Yemeni cleric involved in an abortive attempt to blow up an aircraft over Detroit in 2009.
基地的也門分支在西方為人所知更多是因為其中一個頭目Anwar al-Awlaki，一個也門裔美國神職人員，他涉入了2009年底特律的一樁飛機爆炸未遂案。

Last year, it made an abortive attempt to rescue Telecom Italia, Italy's former monopolist, from the clutches of Olivetti.
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In early 1998, as more bombs were found, and after an abortive attempt to filter out the ammunition, the navy abandoned the beach-replenishment project, dumping the sand into the sea instead.
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