unsuccessfully

/ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəɫi/ adv

Not successfully; without success; to no avail.

Word Origin Unsuccessfully means not successfully. Success comes from Latin successus 'a good result', from sub- 'under, after' and cedere 'to go' — literally 'to go after, to follow'. The idea is that success follows effort. The same cedere gives us proceed (go forward), exceed (go beyond), and recede (go back). Unsuccessfully is when things don't go as followed.

adv Not successfully; without success; to no avail.

He tried unsuccessfully to convince them to change their minds.

(副词) 未成功;失败地;徒劳地

他试图说服他们改变主意,但没有成功。

(adverbio) sin éxito; en vano; infructuosamente; inútilmente [Sin éxito; sin resultado; en vano.]

Intentó sin éxito convencerlos de cambiar de opinión.

(adverbe) sans succès; en vain; vainement; infructueusement [D'une manière qui n'aboutit pas au résultat escompté ; en vain, sans succès.]

Il a tenté unsuccessfully de les convaincre de changer d'avis.

(Adverb) erfolglos; vergeblich [Auf eine Weise, die nicht zum gewünschten Erfolg führt; ohne das beabsichtigte Ergebnis zu erreichen.]

Er versuchte **unsuccessfully**, sie davon zu überzeugen, ihre Meinung zu ändern.

(副詞) 成功せずに、失敗に終わって

彼は彼らに考えを変えるよう説得しようとしたが、成功しなかった。

(advérbio) sem sucesso; em vão; inutilmente; debalde [Sem sucesso; em vão.]

Ele tentou sem sucesso convencê-los a mudar de ideia.

Word parts: un + success + ful + ly

Common collocations

try verb attempt verb stand verb seek verb apply verb challenge verb against prep persuade verb argue verb contest verb struggle verb appeal verb

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