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fail
feɪl fel feɪl
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense fails, present participle failing, past tense , past participle failed
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. 失败;未能够;未做成

  • The Workers' Party failed to win a single governorship. [VERB to-infinitive]

    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. [VERB + in]

    他试图掌控公司，但以失败告终。

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

    我们中很多人都努力要减肥，无奈均以惨败告终。

  • The truth is, I'm a failed comedy writer really. [VERB-ed]

    事实上，我真的是个很失败的喜剧作家。

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. (活动、尝试、计划等)失败，不成功

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

    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. [VERB]

    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  • After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island. [VERB-ed]

    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。

SYN be unsuccessful, founder, fall flat, come to nothing
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. 没有做，未做(应做的事) [formal]

  • Some schools fail to set any homework. [VERB to-infinitive]

    有些学校没有布置任何作业。

  • He failed to file tax returns for 1982. [VERB to-infinitive]

    他没有呈报 1982 年的纳税申报单。

  • The bomb failed to explode. [VERB to-infinitive]

    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. 出故障;失灵

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

    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. [VERB]

    实际上，因为干旱，很多粮食作物歉收。

SYN wither, perish, sag, droop
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. (企业)倒闭，破产;(机构)解体;(体系)崩溃 [business]

  • So far this year, 104 banks have failed. [VERB]

    今年到目前为止，已有 104 家银行倒闭。

  • ...a failed hotel business. [VERB-ed]

    破产的酒店

  • Who wants to buy a computer from a failing company? [VERB-ing]

    谁愿意从一家要倒闭的公司买计算机呢？

SYN go bankrupt, crash, collapse, fold [informal]
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. (健康状况、体质等)衰弱，虚弱，衰退

  • He was 58, and his health was failing rapidly. [VERB]

    他 58 岁，身体正在迅速衰老。

  • Here in the hills, the light failed more quickly. [VERB]

    在山区这儿，天黑得更快。

  • An apparently failing memory is damaging for a national leader. [VERB-ing]

    明显的记忆力衰退对一个国家领导人来说极为不利。

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

  • We waited twenty-one years, don't fail us now. [VERB noun]

    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. [VERB noun]

    对此套政治体制感到失望的群体

SYN disappoint, abandon, desert, neglect
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. 不履行，未尽(职责)

  • Lawyers are accused of failing in their duties to advise clients of their rights. [VERB in noun]

    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. [VERB + in]

    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. (品质或能力)有负于;(使)不如愿;不够

  • For once, the artist's fertile imagination failed him. [VERB noun]

    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. [VERB]

    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 不及格

  • 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. 评定…不及格;使不及格

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

    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. 如果其他一切都不奏效的话;假如其他都行不通

  • 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 [PHRASE wh] (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. (用以表示不赞成)不明白，看不出 [formal]

  • 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. 总是;一直 [emphasis] [emphasis]

  • He attended every meeting without fail.

    他逢会必到。

SYN without exception, regularly, constantly, invariably
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. (用以强调命令或承诺)一定，必须

  • 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。

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