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词汇 example_english_clumsy-attempt
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clumsy attempt

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meanings of clumsyand attempt


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clumsy
adjective
uk /ˈklʌm.zi/ us /ˈklʌm.zi/
A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk /əˈtempt/ us /əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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Examples of clumsy attempt


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First, is the proposal not a blatant and clumsyattempt to load the costs of privatisation on the public sector?
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It is a clumsyattempt to overawe the authorities but it will not succeed.
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I regarded it as a rather clumsyattempt at a personal smear.
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Instead, they drew up a shopping list of spending, made a clumsyattempt to hide the price and eventually came out with the rate increase.
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He would rather make even his clumsyattempt to deal with the matter than leave it as it stood at present.
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The entry in the hotel register and the clumsyattempt at deletion suggest a quality in trade craft to which it is best not to refer.
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It was a crude, clumsyattempt to check demand by clamping down unilateral restraints on the wage earner, particularly, incidentally, the wage earner in the public service.
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Pell was cleared of the charge and described the move as a clumsyattempt to curb religious freedom and freedom of speech.
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Pell described this move as a clumsyattempt to curb religious freedom and freedom of speech.
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Clymer's clumsyattempt at traveling in disguise, and his efforts to intimidate local officials, only increased tensions.
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There are some overwhelming reasons: constant threats of closure or clumsy attempts to reorganise education in such a way as would render a school a candidate for closure.
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Without effective international mechanisms, deprived parents are really left powerless and desperate or are driven to expensive and clumsy attempts at self-help, with the emotions running higher and higher.
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His clumsy attempts at impressing the actress fail, despite his being in a confined environment with her for multiple hours.
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With a poor understanding of stationers and merchanters alike, its clumsy attempts backfire, provoking first unrest, then occasional armed clashes, and eventually rebellion.
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They have pulled the sheet off what appears to be an official policy of deception using clever and sometimes clumsy attempts at statistical manipulation.
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Unused to social situations, his clumsy attempts at small talk are ignored by the busy waitress.
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This is usually compounded by clumsy attempts at retractions, after realising the insulting interpretations of his remarks.
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