fail
美 [fe?l]
英 [fe?l] 
- v.失??;不及格;倒閉;破產(chǎn)
- n.(考試)不及格
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)衰退;不合格;不能
詞形變化
第三人稱單數(shù):fails 現(xiàn)在分詞:failing 過(guò)去式:failed 反義詞
英漢雙解
不成功not succeed
1. | [i][t] 失??;未能(做到)to not be successful in achieving sth |
| Many diets fail because they are boring. 許多規(guī)定飲食因單調(diào)乏味都不奏效。 |
| a failing school 一所失敗的學(xué)校 |
| I failed in my attempt to persuade her. 我未能說(shuō)服她。 |
| She failed to get into art college. 她未能進(jìn)入藝術(shù)學(xué)院。 |
| The song can't fail to be a hit(= definitely will be a hit) . 這首歌不可能不流行起來(lái)。 |
未做某事not do sth
2. | [i] 未做;未履行(某事)to not do sth |
| He failed to keep the appointment. 他未履約。 |
| She never fails to email every week. 每周她必定發(fā)電子郵件。 |
| I fail to see(= I don't understand) why you won't even give it a try. 我不懂為什么你連試一試都不愿意。 |
| He felt he would be failing in his duty if he did not report it. 他認(rèn)為如果不報(bào)告就是他失職。 |
測(cè)驗(yàn);考試test/exam
3. | [t][i] 不及格;評(píng)定不及格to not pass a test or an exam; to decide that sb/sth has not passed a test or an exam |
| He failed his driving test. 他駕駛執(zhí)照考試不及格。 |
| She was disqualified after failing a drugs test. 她藥檢未通過(guò),被取消了資格。 |
| What will you do if you fail? 如果你考試失敗打算干什么? |
| The examiners failed over half the candidates. 主考人員評(píng)定,半數(shù)以上考生不及格。 |
機(jī)器;身體部位of machines/parts of body
| The brakes on my bike failed half way down the hill. 我的自行車下山至中途車閘失靈了。 |
健康;視力of health/sight
| Her eyesight is failing. 她的視力日漸衰退。 |
| His last months in office were marred by failing health. 由于健康惡化,他最后幾個(gè)月的公職工作受到了影響。 |
使失望disappoint sb
6. | [t] ~ sb 使失望;有負(fù)于;無(wú)能為力to disappoint sb; to be unable to help when needed |
| When he lost his job, he felt he had failed his family. 他失去工作以后,感到辜負(fù)了家庭。 |
| She tried to be brave, but her courage failed her. 她想勇敢,但卻鼓不起勇氣。 |
| Words fail me(= I cannot express how I feel) . 我無(wú)法表達(dá)自己的感受。 |
不足not be enough
7. | [i] 不足;缺乏to not be enough when needed or expected |
| The crops failed again last summer. 上個(gè)夏季莊稼又歉收了。 |
| The rains had failed and the rivers were dry. 雨量不足,河流干涸。 |
公司;企業(yè)of company/business
8. | [i] 倒閉;破產(chǎn)to be unable to continue |
| Several banks failed during the recession. 經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退期間有幾家銀行倒閉了。 |
1. | (考試)不及格the result of an exam in which a person is not successful |
| I got three passes and one fail. 我考試三門及格,一門不及格。 |
習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)
if all else fails
實(shí)在不行的話(還可以…)used to suggest sth that sb can do if nothing else they have tried is successful
| If all else fails, you can always sell your motorbike. 如果所有別的辦法都不行,你總還可以賣掉摩托車。 |
without fail
務(wù)必;一定when you tell sb to do sthwithout fail , you are telling them that they must do it
| I want you here by two o'clock without fail. 我要你兩點(diǎn)鐘務(wù)必來(lái)到這里。 |
| He emails every week without fail. 他每周必定發(fā)電子郵件。 |
英漢解釋
v. | 1. 失敗,不及格;(判斷)錯(cuò)誤,不中目標(biāo) 5. (健康等)衰退,衰弱,停止作用;(水)斷,風(fēng)(停) 7. (考試)失敗,不及格;〈口〉(考試人)不錄取(考生),把(考生)評(píng)為不及格 8. 使失望;辜負(fù);無(wú)助于,丟棄;不履行,玩忽 |
n. | |
英英解釋
例句
And if you've done everything In your power , and still "fail" -- The truth of the matter is That you haven't failed at all.
而且如果你已經(jīng)做每件事物在你的支配下,和靜止的“不及格”--物質(zhì)的事實(shí)是你一點(diǎn)也還沒(méi)有失敗。
He said that under normal circumstances he would be willing to see struggling companies fail.
他說(shuō),在正常情況下,他會(huì)愿意看到陷入困境的公司垮掉。
When the assertions fail, it becomes very important to provide error messages that are easy to understand.
當(dāng)斷言失敗時(shí),非常有必要提供易于理解的錯(cuò)誤消息。
Robertson said sperm was more likely to fail if the woman had not previously been exposed to that man's semen for at least three months.
羅伯遜說(shuō),如果女方事先接觸男方精液的時(shí)間達(dá)不到至少三個(gè)月,那么男方精子不能致孕的可能性更大。
When new technology ventures fail, it tends to be as units of large corporations, rather than as standalone companies.
當(dāng)新技術(shù)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)企業(yè)失敗時(shí),往往是作為大企業(yè)的子公司,而不是作為獨(dú)立的公司。
Unfortunately, this required rescuing many companies considered "too big to fail" that individually did not deserve to be saved.
遺憾的是,這需要對(duì)許多被認(rèn)為“規(guī)模太大而不能倒”的公司進(jìn)行紓困,就單個(gè)公司而言,它們并不值得挽救。
It is no doubt true that many fail to understand the details of Tibetan history.
無(wú)疑,很多人并不了解西藏歷史詳情。
it is much safer for a prince to be feared than loved loved, if he is to fail in one of the two.
如果他二者只能取其一,那么對(duì)一個(gè)君王而言,被人害怕比被人喜愛(ài)更安全。
He was not such a fool as to fail to see that point.
他并不是連那一點(diǎn)都看不出來(lái)的傻瓜。
The world looks to you today with regard to Geneva. I believe it would be a grave mistake and a blow to peace if it were allowed to fail.
我相信,如果會(huì)判破裂的話,那將會(huì)是一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的錯(cuò)誤,也是對(duì)和平的巨大沖擊。
Two out of every three black marriages fail, about twice the rate of white marriages.
有三分之二的黑人婚姻最終告以破裂,其離婚率是白人的兩倍。
A second alarm bell rings when you fail in trying to reuse an apparently reusable piece of code.
第二個(gè)報(bào)警電鈴環(huán)中重用段顯然可重用代碼嘗試失敗時(shí)。
But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted.
然而,在其創(chuàng)造的最后階段,我們在天之父的力量不可能衰竭不濟(jì)。
Muddling through by trying to resurrect a failed banking system, which will likely fail again, is not the answer.
試著救活已經(jīng)失敗并很可能再次失敗的金融系統(tǒng),這樣胡亂應(yīng)對(duì)的方案是行不通的。
And you know that even in the best marriages and romantic relationships, we sometimes fail to tell the truth.
而你也清楚,即便是最美好的婚姻,最浪漫的兩性關(guān)系,我們有時(shí)候也無(wú)法說(shuō)實(shí)話。
If the commission and Mr Van Rompuy fail to press these points, they will be dancing around the heart of the matter.
如果委員會(huì)和范龍佩先生沒(méi)有踩到這些點(diǎn),那他們就始終是在核心問(wèn)題周邊徘徊。
Suddenly, I began to question the impossible. Maybe I might fail, but what's the point in not trying?
突然之間,我開(kāi)始探尋不可能的事。我可能會(huì)失敗,但是如果不去嘗試又有何意義呢?
But she says politicians generally fail to live up to their promises, and the European Union overall seems unable to agree on anything.
但是她說(shuō),政治家通常都不能兌現(xiàn)他們的諾言,而且整個(gè)歐盟似乎都無(wú)法就任何事情達(dá)成一致。
The stirring up of these lugubrious ideas did not cause his courage to fail, but his brain grow weary.
那么多愁慘的想法在心里起伏,他的勇氣并不減少,但是他的腦子疲乏了。
Historically, they fail to see that private land ownership is refutable and that collective land ownership can work well.
在歷史層面,他們沒(méi)有看到土地私有制度是可以證偽的,沒(méi)有看到土地集體所有也可以發(fā)展得很好。
Nor could any such spectator fail to know in his own breast, that these men, through their very delusions, showed great qualities.
任何一個(gè)觀察者也決不會(huì)內(nèi)心里不知道,這些人正由于他們的種種幻想而表現(xiàn)出一些崇高的品質(zhì)。
Time would fail me to tell of it.
沒(méi)有那么多的時(shí)間去談。
She suspected and feared that this defendant would fail her.
她疑心并且深怕這個(gè)被告會(huì)負(fù)心。
But you think you will fail.
但你認(rèn)為你們辦不到。
Some people look upon marriage as a short cut that way, but it has been known to fail.
有人把婚姻視為達(dá)到這一目的的捷徑,然而,眾所周知,它是行不通的。
In a few hours the light would fail.
再過(guò)些時(shí)候,陽(yáng)光就要消失了。
The very first time you fail to spin the five skeins, next day your head will be cut off.
哪一天你紡不足5絞線,第二天你就得掉腦袋。
It was disappointing to fail of winning the contract.
未能贏得合同,令人失望。
He laid down ten dollars that his brother would fail in the examination.
他賭10美元,他兄弟考試會(huì)不及格。
The committee met weekly without fail during the period March 19 to May 8.
從3月19日到5月8日這段期間,委員會(huì)每周開(kāi)會(huì),從未間斷。
Mothers who are depressed sometimes fail to bond with their children.
患憂郁癥的母親有時(shí)無(wú)法和孩子建立親子關(guān)系。
Miss another class and you'll fail.
你再缺一次課就會(huì)不及格了。
Speaking of me, I'm not the General Assembly, to comfort people, and only someone comfort me, hey, think, I really fail.
說(shuō)到我,我也不大會(huì)去安慰人的,只有別人安慰我,哎,想想,我還真失敗。
At a conference in London several leading bankers criticised new proposals for regulating banks that are "too big to fail" .
在倫敦的一次會(huì)議上,幾位主要的銀行家批評(píng)關(guān)于監(jiān)管幾家“大而不倒”的銀行的新提議。
"Mainstream" model tends to fail in the long run without appropriate supporting structural changes.
如果沒(méi)有適宜的結(jié)構(gòu)變革支持,“主流”類型最后會(huì)趨于失敗。
The regulator will also be keeping a watchful eye: to award a banking licence and then see that business fail would be calamitous.
監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)應(yīng)始終保持警惕:在授予銀行執(zhí)照時(shí),以及警惕銀行經(jīng)營(yíng)不善而帶來(lái)的災(zāi)難性后果。
People spend countless hours and dollars each year trying to get rid of these bad habits but often fail.
人們每年都花費(fèi)無(wú)數(shù)的時(shí)間和錢嘗試去改掉壞毛病但是經(jīng)常失敗。
Though it seemed to be the wildest dream beyond fulfillment, she did see what we, born with sight, fail to see.
盡管這是個(gè)無(wú)法實(shí)現(xiàn)的遙遠(yuǎn)的夢(mèng)想,但她的確看見(jiàn)了我們看不見(jiàn)的。
Also needed, he said, is reform of securities markets and to put in place measures to wind down financial companies that fail.
他說(shuō),還需要對(duì)證券市場(chǎng)進(jìn)行改革,制定一些逐步淘汰破產(chǎn)金融企業(yè)的措施。
I will spend the rest of the night scrolling through the alphabet in an attempt to come up with your name. If I fail, there's always Google.
接下來(lái)一整晚我就得靠字母表打發(fā)時(shí)間了就不信拼不出你的名字.要是這樣不行還有google幫忙呢。
In spite of my too much hard work on this course, the high demand of this course tends to make me fail to obtain its recorgonition.
這種課程要求很高,雖然我為之付出太多的努力,恐怕也難得到基本的認(rèn)可。
Another way, in which life could fail to develop to an intelligent stage, would be if an asteroid or comet were to collide with the planet.
從另一方面考慮,生命未能發(fā)展到具有智能的階段,是否可能是小行星或彗星與行星發(fā)生了碰撞。
When you realise that you can't do nothing but give your all for the club. If you fail to do that you can't look yourself in the mirror.
我明白了,對(duì)于這支球隊(duì),你除了全身心奉獻(xiàn),再無(wú)旁者可言,如果你不這樣做,你甚至無(wú)法面對(duì)鏡中的自己。
Should such negotiations fail, such dispute may be referred to the Court having jurisdiction on such dispute for settlement.
如果協(xié)商未果,可將爭(zhēng)議提交有管轄權(quán)的法院解決。
Therefore, may you all try to understand this point without fail.
因此,希望你們對(duì)這一點(diǎn)都能理解無(wú)誤。
As such, he might become one of many MIT graduates who go on to form companies that fail.
這樣一來(lái),他可能成為麻省理工畢業(yè)生中開(kāi)公司而最終以失敗告終的一員。
Ulysses' main transmitter no longer works and its back-up systems are also beginning to fail.
尤里西斯的主傳送機(jī)已經(jīng)壞了,后備系統(tǒng)也開(kāi)始出問(wèn)題。
In his later years, as he body began to fail him, Ackbar came out retirement from his home at the Heurkea Floating City on Mon Calamari.
阿克巴晚年雖然身體欠佳,但還是重新出山,離開(kāi)了他在蒙卡拉馬里星球赫基漂浮城的家。
London mayor Boris Johnson, on British satirical game show "Have I Got News for You" in 2003: "I could not fail to disagree with you less. "
第十名,倫敦市長(zhǎng)波里斯?強(qiáng)森,2003年他在英國(guó)的諷刺性智力競(jìng)賽節(jié)目《我帶來(lái)的新聞》中說(shuō):“我不能給你更少的反對(duì)意見(jiàn)了?!?/jz>
But it would be easy to overstate both the problems facing Ms Rousseff and the odds that she will fail to solve them.
不過(guò)羅塞夫所面臨的問(wèn)題很容易被夸大,而對(duì)她能順利解決問(wèn)題的可能性則信心不足。
If it were to fail, it would be the largest U. S. bank to collapse in 2009.
如果它倒閉了,那么2009年將是美國(guó)最大銀行崩潰的時(shí)候。
Victoria: But plenty of people will expect me to fail. And there are even more trying to take advantage of my youth and inexperience .
維多利亞:但是很多人都巴望著我失敗,甚至更多人在利用我的年輕及經(jīng)驗(yàn)的不足。