想成为一个女孩

bring to bear───施加

bring to bear on───对……施加

bring to bear upon───使产生影响

trying for a point───为了一点

bring to a head───使尖锐化

bring to bay───把（猎物等）围困住穷追；使陷入绝境

trying out for───竞争；参加选拔

For example, on a bus trip, a thief was trying to steal a girl's purse. Some people saw it, but kept quiet. They were afraid to be revenged by the thief.───当男孩内心摇摆不定时，女性竭尽全力从沉默里得到一个答复，布里曾丹说。

The way she portrays herself as a small-town girl trying to achieve the American dream was also found to be dubious, especially when people learned that she had a rich father.───比如，在公共汽车上，当小偷在偷一个女孩子的钱包时，有的人看了一声不吭，怕贼报复，而勇敢者却挺身而出，抓住小偷。