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1.propose to 求婚；对…提出建议

This is, of course, but a single result-and supporters of inflation do not propose to give up without a fight.
当然，这不是单独一个结果，并且膨胀理论的支持者不打算不战而降。

How did you propose to your wife?
你是怎样向你妻子求婚的？

2.mainly for 主要用于

Although retailers are offering huge discounts on clothes these days they are mainly for summer items.
尽管零售商店的老板们对服装提供了惊人的折扣，但是，这些折扣主要是集中在夏季服装上。

Flash mirror lenses are mainly for styling purposes.
带有闪光镜面的镜片主要用于需要特殊风格的目的。

3.attempt to 尝试，企图；试图做某事

Your letter is a feeble attempt to hide your intolerance.
你的这封信，是一种试图掩盖你狭隘心胸的苍白举动。

This was an attempt to close that chapter.
这也许是创造新开始的尝试。

4.fizzy drink 起泡饮料；汽水

You think this is a fizzy drink, right?
这是碳酸饮料对吧?

The volunteers were asked to try ten cans of fizzy drink and guess which was which.
志愿者们被要求试品10罐汽水并猜一猜是什么汽水。