unsuccessfully

adverb
🔊/ˌʌnsəkˈsesfəli/
🔊/ˌʌnsəkˈsesfəli/
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  1. in a way that is not successful; without achieving what you wanted to不成功的;失败的;落空的
    • She tried unsuccessfully to impress him.她试图打动他没有成功。
    opposite successfullyTopics Difficulty and failureb1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnsuccessfully is used with these verbs:
    • appeal
    • battle
    • challenge
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