tried
tried — verb
1. the form of the verb "try" that shows an attempt happened in the past — for exam
the form of the verb "try" that shows an attempt happened in the past — for example, "Abigail tried the new café yesterday" or "They have tried every possible solution."
Élise tried to call her mother three times but nobody answered.
tried + to-infinitive
The student had tried every method before she finally solved the problem.
past perfect: had tried
Kian tried the new sushi place near the station and loved it.
The soup was tried by three chefs before the restaurant added it to the menu.
文法句型
tried + noun phrase
tried + to-infinitive
tried + -ing form
用法筆記
Frequently used in past simple and present perfect tenses. The passive form ("was tried", "have been tried") is common in formal or technical writing.
常見錯誤
tried — adjective
1. proven to work well or to be trustworthy through repeated use or experience over
proven to work well or to be trustworthy through repeated use or experience over time — for example, a tried-and-tested teaching method that has worked for years.
The engineer used a tried-and-tested formula to calculate the building's strength.
tried-and-tested + noun (method/formula)
Abigail relies on tried-and-true marketing strategies that have worked for her business before.
tried-and-true + noun (strategy)
The library still uses the tried-and-tested system of sorting books by the author's last name.
Obi's grandmother shared a tried-and-tested chicken soup recipe passed down for three generations.
- time-tested
emphasises that something has worked for a very long time
- proven
shorter and slightly more formal; can be used in more contexts
- reliable
broader meaning; does not necessarily imply previous testing
- untested
not yet tried or proven
- unreliable
cannot be depended on
文法句型
tried-and-tested + noun
tried-and-true + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used in the compound forms "tried-and-tested" (British English) or "tried-and-true" (American English), usually with a hyphen before a noun. The form without a hyphen ("tried and tested") is used after a linking verb.