汉译英常见错误 | 他们没有企图要爬那座陡峭的山头

[译] 他们没有企图要爬那座陡峭的山头。
[误] They made no attempt of climbing the steep mountain.

[正] They made no attempt at climbing the steep mountain.
[注] 表示“企图做某事”,可以说 make an attempt to do sth.或 make an attempt at doing sth.,而不能说 make an attempt of doing sth.。