fail

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英 [feɪl]

美 [fel]

是什么意思

vt.& vi.

失败，不及格；倒闭，破产；缺乏；衰退

vi.

衰退；失败，不及格；破产；不足

vt.

不及格；使失望；忘记；舍弃

失败，失误；不及格；不及格者；[商]期货交割失期

变形

过去式：failed过去分词：failed现在分词：failing第三人称单数：fails

双语释义

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. 失败 be unsuccessful; be unable
vt. & vi. 忘记,忽视,未能 forget; neglect; omit; not remember
vt. & vi. 不足,短缺,缺乏 be not enough; come to an end while still needed; be wanting in; lack
vi. 衰退,衰弱 (health, physical strength, sight, etc.) decline; weaken
vi. 破产 go bankrupt
vt. 辜负 let down; make lose hope

n.(名词)

[S]考试不及格 failure in an examination

英英释义

fail[ feil ]

v.
- 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"
  同义词：neglect
- be unsuccessful
  "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
  同义词：go wrongmiscarry
- 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"
  同义词：betray
- stop operating or functioning
  "The engine failed on the way to town"
  同义词：go badgive waydiegive outconk outgobreakbreak down
- be unable
  "I fail to understand your motives"
- judge unacceptable
  "The teacher failed six students"
- fail to get a passing grade
  "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
  同义词：flunkbombflush it
- 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"
- become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
  "A number of banks failed that year"
- prove insufficient
  "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
  同义词：run outgive out
- get worse

学习怎么用

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

fail a friend使朋友感到失望,辜负朋友,抛弃朋友
fail an exam考试不及格

～+副词

fail abjectly惨败
fail absolutely绝对不足
fail apparently明显地不足
fail completely完全地失败
fail considerably极大地失败
fail conspicuously显然失败
fail constantly不断地失败
fail deplorably惨败
fail despicably可耻地失败
fail directly直接失败
fail dismally惨败
fail doubtfully难以预料地失败
fail duly正式破产
fail entirely完全破产
fail essentially彻底失败
fail eventually最终失败
fail freely随意地忘记
fail fully完全忘记
fail gravely严重地失败
fail grievously严重地失败
fail habitually常败
fail hypocritically假装失败
fail ignominiously屈辱地失败
fail indefensibly不可避免地失败
fail indirectly间接不足
fail inexplicably莫明其妙地失败
fail lamentably可悲地失败
fail materially实质性地失败
fail mentally智力上不足
fail miserably惨败
fail needlessly不必要地失败
fail occasionally偶尔地失败
fail partially部分地失败
fail quietly悄悄地失败
fail rapidly迅速恶化
fail ridiculously可笑地失败
fail sadly惨败
fail seriously严重地不足
fail signally大败
fail steadily不断失败
fail tentatively暂时不足
fail ultimately最终失败
fail undoubtedly必将失败
fail unwittingly无意中失败
fail utterly完全失败
fail vitally极大地不足

～+介词

fail for want of help因得不到帮助而失败
fail in在…方面失败,缺乏
fail in business做生意不成功
fail in duty失职
fail in everything一切都失败了
fail in examination考试不及格
fail in health健康衰退
fail in persuading sb没能说服某人
fail of没有,未能
fail of purpose没有达到目的
fail of success没有成功
fail of the object没达到目的
fail on评定(学生)…不及格
fail through carelessness因疏忽而失败

词组短语

fail in失败；缺少

without fail务必；必定，无疑

never fail to一定会...

fail to do失败；未做成

fail safe故障保护；失效安全

fail to resolve解决未果

words fail me说不出话来

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双语例句

用作不及物动词(vi.)

We must hang together,or our plan will fail.
我们必须齐心协力,否则我们的计划就会失败。
He never fails to write to his mother every week.
他从来没有忘记每周给母亲写信。
He studied hard only to fail in the exam.
他这么用功，结果竟然考场失利。
The water supply failed during the drought.
在干旱期供水不足
As she is getting older, her sight is beginning to fail.
随着年纪越来越大,她的视力开始下降。

用作及物动词(vt.)

Your performance failed your coach who thought that you could have done better.
你的表现辜负了教练的期望,他认为你本可以做得更好一些。
He wanted to lift the heavy box, but his strength failed him.
他是想举起那个沉重的箱子,不过力气不行。
Words fail me right at the sight of this beautiful scenery.
面对着如此美景,我找不到词语来表达我的心情了。
You will fail French unless you work harder.
你要是不再加把劲儿,法语考试就不及格了。

用作名词(n.)

He got a fail in history and passes in other subjects.
他历史考试不及格，其他科目都通过了。
He calls me every Sunday night without fail.
他每个星期天的晚上必定会给我打电话。

权威例句

...When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
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Individuals with sociopathic behavior caused by frontal damage fail to respond autonomically to social stimuli.
E-cadherin null mutant embryos fail to form a trophectoderm epithelium
METHOD OF CURING ANALOG DEVICE FAIL THROUGH FAST TRANSISTOR

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