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fail
[英] [feil] [美] [fel] 生词本

vt.& vi.

vi.

vt.

n.

  • 易混淆的单词：FAIL  

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1. VERB 失败;未能够;未做成 If you fail to do something that you were trying to do, you are unable to do it or do not succeed in doing it. 

  • The Workers' Party failed to win a single governorship...

    劳工党连一个州长职位也未能赢得。

  • He failed in his attempt to take control of the company...

    他试图掌控公司，但以失败告终。

  • Many of us have tried to lose weight and failed miserably...

    我们中很多人都努力要减肥，无奈均以惨败告终。

2. VERB (活动、尝试、计划等)失败，不成功 If an activity, attempt, or plan fails, it is not successful. 

  • We tried to develop plans for them to get along, which all failed miserably...

    我们试图计划让他们好好相处，但均以惨败告终。

  • He was afraid the revolution they had started would fail...

    他担心他们发起的大变革会遭遇失败。

  • After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island.

    在一次军事进攻失败之后，所有政府军和警察均从岛上撤离了。

3. VERB 没有做，未做(应做的事) If someone or something fails to do a particular thing that they should have done, they do not do it. 

  • Some schools fail to set any homework...

    有些学校没有布置任何作业。

  • He failed to file tax returns for 1982...

    他没有呈报 1982 年的纳税申报单。

  • The bomb failed to explode.

    炸弹没有爆炸。

4. VERB 出故障;失灵 If something fails, it stops working properly, or does not do what it is supposed to do. 

  • The lights mysteriously failed, and we stumbled around in complete darkness...

    灯不知怎么地不亮了，我们在一片黑暗中跌跌撞撞地走着。

  • In fact many food crops failed because of the drought.

    实际上，因为干旱，很多粮食作物歉收。

5. VERB (企业)倒闭，破产;(机构)解体;(体系)崩溃 If a business, organization, or system fails, it becomes unable to continue in operation or in existence. 

  • So far this year, 104 banks have failed.

    今年到目前为止，已有 104 家银行倒闭。

  • ...a failed hotel business...

    破产的酒店

  • Who wants to buy a computer from a failing company?

    谁愿意从一家要倒闭的公司买计算机呢？

6. VERB (健康状况、体质等)衰弱，虚弱，衰退 If something such as your health or a physical quality is failing, it is becoming gradually weaker or less effective. 

  • He was 58, and his health was failing rapidly...

    他 58 岁，身体正在迅速衰老。

  • Here in the hills, the light failed more quickly...

    在山区这儿，天黑得更快。

  • An apparently failing memory is damaging for a national leader.

    明显的记忆力衰退对一个国家领导人来说极为不利。

7. VERB 辜负;使失望 If someone fails you, they do not do what you had expected or trusted them to do. 

  • We waited twenty-one years, don't fail us now.

    我们等了 21 年了，如今不要让我们失望。

  • ...communities who feel that the political system has failed them.

    对此套政治体制感到失望的群体

8. VERB 不履行，未尽(职责) If someone fails in their duty or fails in their responsibilities, they do not do everything that they have a duty or a responsibility to do. 

  • Lawyers are accused of failing in their duties to advise clients of their rights...

    律师们被控未尽到告知当事人其正当权利的职责。

  • If we did not report what was happening in the country, we would be failing in our duty.

    如果我们没有报道这个国家正在发生的事情，我们就没有尽到自己的责任。

9. VERB (品质或能力)有负于;(使)不如愿;不够 If a quality or ability that you have fails you, or if it fails, it is not good enough in a particular situation to enable you to do what you want to do. 

  • For once, the artist's fertile imagination failed him...

    这位画家丰富的想象力曾一度枯竭。

  • Their courage failed a few steps short and they came running back.

    还差几步他们却胆怯了，又跑回来了。

10. VERB 不及格 If someone fails a test, examination, or course, they perform badly in it and do not reach the standard that is required.  →see usage note at: exam

  • I lived in fear of failing my end-of-term exams.

    我总是担心期末考试不及格。

  • Fail is also a noun.

    • It's the difference between a pass and a fail.

      这是及格和不及格的差别。

11. VERB 评定…不及格;使不及格 If someone fails you in a test, examination, or course, they judge that you have not reached a high enough standard in it. 

  • ...the two men who had failed him during his first year of law school.

    在法学院一年级时让他不及格的两个人

12. PHRASE 如果其他一切都不奏效的话;假如其他都行不通 You say if all else fails to suggest what could be done in a certain situation if all the other things you have tried are unsuccessful. 

  • If all else fails, I could always drive a truck.

    如果其他都不行，我总还可以开卡车。

13. PHRASE (用以表示不赞成)不明白，看不出 You can use I fail to see or I fail to understand in order to introduce a statement which indicates that you do not agree with what someone has said or done. 

  • That's how it was in my day and I fail to see why it should be different now.

    我那时候就是这样的，我搞不懂为什么现在非要弄得不一样。

14. PHRASE 总是;一直 You use without fail to emphasize that something always happens. 

  • He attended every meeting without fail.

    他逢会必到。

15. PHRASE (用以强调命令或承诺)一定，必须 You use without fail to emphasize an order or a promise. 

  • On the 30th you must without fail hand in some money for Alex...

    30 日那天你必须替亚历克斯交一些钱。

  • Tomorrow without fail he would be at the old riverside warehouse.

    明天他一定会在河边的旧仓库里。

Verb

1. fail to do something; leave something undone;

  • "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"
  • "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"

2. be unsuccessful;

  • "Where do today's public schools fail?"
  • "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

3. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake;

  • "His sense of smell failed him this time"
  • "His strength finally failed him"
  • "His children failed him in the crisis"

4. stop operating or functioning;

  • "The engine finally went"
  • "The car died on the road"
  • "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
  • "The coffee maker broke"
  • "The engine failed on the way to town"
  • "her eyesight went after the accident"

5. be unable;

  • "I fail to understand your motives"

6. judge unacceptable;

  • "The teacher failed six students"

7. fail to get a passing grade;

  • "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"
  • "Did I fail the test?"

8. fall short in what is expected;

  • "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"
  • "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"

9. become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close;

  • "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"
  • "A number of banks failed that year"

10. prove insufficient;

  • "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"

11. get worse;

  • "Her health is declining"

体育

  • 1.无效
  • 2.失败

计算机

  • 1.失效[败]，故障
  • 2.,错误;衰退,衰减;缺乏,不足
1. The land won't fail people as long as people don't fail the land.
人不亏地，地不亏人。

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2. A Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
俄国人可能看不出会使英国人笑出泪来的笑话有什么可笑之处。

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3. Buck up!Lots of people fail their driving test first time.
别灰心，许多人首次参加驾驶考试都没通过。

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4. Diligent students occasionally fail this subject.
用功的学生在这门功课上偶尔也不及格。

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5. His chief worry was that he might fail.
他最焦虑的是他可能不及格。

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6. His company was about to fail, but the bank saw him through.
他的公司几乎破产，但银行帮他渡过了难关。

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7. His disability caused this thing to fail.
他的无能导致了这件事失败。

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8. His sight is beginning to fail.
他的视力开始衰退。

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9. I fail to see the bearing of that remark.
我不明白那句话的真意何在。

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10. I foreboded that I might fail.
我预感自己可能会失败。

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11. I will give you a present on your birthday without fail.
你生日时我一定送你一份礼物。

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12. I will have a try even though I should fail.
哪怕失败，我也要试一下。

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13. I will try it, though I may fail.
即使我可能失败，我也要试一下。

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14. I would fail my exams but that the classmates help me with my lesson.
要不是同学们帮助我学习功课，我考试就会不及格。

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15. I wouldn't lose courage even if I should fail ten times.
即使要失败十次，我也绝不灰心。

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16. I'll never lose heart even if I should fail ten times.
即使失败10次，我也不灰心。

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17. I'll pay you tomorrow without fail.
我明天付款给你，决不迟误。

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18. I've warned you. If you fail, don't come snivelling back to me.
我已警告过你：你如果失败，别哭哭啼啼回来找我。

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19. If I should fail I would try again.
万一失败，我还要试一试。

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20. If peradventure you fail.
万一你失败了。

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