attempts to prevent cancer cell proliferation是什么意思？

attempts to prevent cancer cell proliferation

防止癌细胞扩散的努力

attempts

n. 进攻( attempt的名词复数 )，（尤指）企图杀害；v. 试图( attempt的第三人称单数 )，尝试，试图夺取或攻克（堡垒、要塞等），试图征服（高山）；

例句
Their attempts to be casual have so far just looked arch or patronising.
他们本想做出漫不经心的样子，结果反而显得傲慢自大或自视甚高。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

prevent

vt. 预防，阻碍，阻止，[宗教]引领；vi. 阻挠，阻止；

例句
...an abortive attempt to prevent the current President from taking office.
企图阻止现任总统连任的失败尝试

cancer

n. 癌症，恶性肿瘤，弊病，社会恶习，迅速蔓延的恶劣的或危险的事物，[天]巨蟹座，巨蟹宫；

例句
An increasing body of evidence suggests that all of us have cancer cells in our bodies at times during our lives.
越来越多的证据表明，我们所有人一生中体内时有癌细胞存在。

cell

n. <生>细胞，小牢房，电池，<诗>墓穴；vi. 住在牢房或小室中；vt. 囚禁；

例句
DNA is the genetic material inside every cell that carries the blueprints for everything from hair color to the risk of cancer.
脱氧核糖核酸是存在于每个细胞内的基因物质，它承载从头发颜色到致癌风险等各种遗传型板。

proliferation

n. 增殖，分芽繁殖，再育，增生；

例句
The positive rate of surrounding mammary adenosis lobular proliferation stage was 33.9 %.
癌旁腺病小叶增生期阳性率为33.9%.