Meaning of しようとすることができる


Please, help!

What is the meaning of

> しようとすることができる

can try to do something?

Let's take the following sentence as an example

> 身近な目標に向かってチャレンジしようとすることができる。

Does it mean

> To focuse on one of the near goals and try to achieve it.




〜しようとする can mean “attempt” or “want to do”, and 〜ことができる denotes ability:

> 〜しようとすることができる  
>  _to be able to attempt_ ;  
>  _to have the ability to want to do_

I struggle to think of a single situation where this phrase would be used
though. Maybe when describing the developmental stages of a child? (e.g.
口に指を入れようすることができる _have the ability to want to put fingers in their mouths_ )

* * *

### チャレンジしようとする

This seems like a redundant phrase, similar to saying “attempt to try”. I'm
not sure whether this is intentional, or if it is just a poorly considered way
of saying チャレンジする.

Preserving the redundancy, the sentence would be translated as:

> 身近な目標に向かってチャレンジしようとすることができる  
>  _have the ability to attempt/want to try to achieve a near-term goal_




〜しようとする can mean “attempt” or “want to do”, and 〜ことができる denotes ability:

> 〜しようとすることができる  
>  _to be able to attempt_ ;  
>  _to have the ability to want to do_

I struggle to think of a single situation where this phrase would be used
though. Maybe when describing the developmental stages of a child? (e.g.
口に指を入れようすることができる _have the ability to want to put fingers in their mouths_ )

* * *

### チャレンジしようとする

This seems like a redundant phrase, similar to saying “attempt to try”. I'm
not sure whether this is intentional, or if it is just a poorly considered way
of saying チャレンジする.

Preserving the redundancy, the sentence would be translated as:

> 身近な目標に向かってチャレンジしようとすることができる  
>  _have the ability to attempt/want to try to achieve a near-term goal_

