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fail单词基本解析:
v.失败; 没有做; 出故障; 倒闭; 衰弱; 不够; 不及格n.不及格vi.失败, 没做成某事, 表现欠佳, 用完, 衰退 vt.辜负, 放弃, 缺少, 不及格 n.不及格, 没做成
vt.& vi.失败,不及格;倒闭,破产;缺乏;衰退
fail变化用词:
第三人称单数:fails;过去式:failed;过去分词:failed;现在分词:failing;动词过去式: failed | 动词过去分词: failed | 动词现在分词: failing | 动词第三人称单数: fails |
过去式:failed过去分词:failed现在分词:failing第三人称单数:fails
fail英英释义:
Verb1. 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"
动词 fail:
fail to do something; leave something undone
同义词:neglect
be unsuccessful
同义词:go wrong, miscarry
disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
同义词:betray
stop operating or functioning
同义词:go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
be unable
judge unacceptable
fail to get a passing grade
同义词:flunk, bomb, flush it
fall short in what is expected
become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
prove insufficient
同义词:run out, give out
get worsefail[ 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 worsefail中文词源:
fail 失败 来自拉丁语fallo, 欺骗,陷落,词源同fallacy, false, fault. 进一步来自PIE*ghwel, 欺骗。引申词义被骗,失败。fail用法和例句:
Many diets fail because they are boring.
许多规定饮食因单调乏味都不奏效。
a failing school
一所失败的学校
She failed to get into art college.
她未能进入艺术学院。
The song can't fail to be a hit (= definitely will be a hit) .
这首歌不可能不流行起来。
I failed in my attempt to persuade her.
我未能说服她。
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。
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。
He attended every meeting without fail.
他逢会必到。
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。
I lived in fear of failing my end-of-term exams.
我总是担心期末考试不及格。
...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
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。
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。
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。
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。
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
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。
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
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。
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。
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。
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 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。
fail
A friend who have fail the driving test.
一位朋友,人没通过汽车驾驶考试。
All attempts to bolster up colonialism are bound to fail.
一切想维护殖民主义的企图都是注定要失败的。
All attempts to bolster up apartheid are bound to fail.
一切想维护种族隔离的企图都是注定要失败的。
Be here at noon without fail.
一定在正午时到这里
Be sure(Don't fail) to tell me all the news.
一定要把全部消息都告诉我。
To fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
不一致,不协调;冲突
To fail,especially in a course or an examination.
不及格尤指考试或功课不及格
To fail to discharge. Used of a firearm.
不发火发火失败,用于灭火器
To fail to regard with deserved esteem.
不尊重不能以尊重态度看待
Candidates who fail to meet these requirements will not be admitted to the University.
不符合这些要求的考生不能上这所大学。
Why did Africa fail to emulate this success?
为什么非洲无法复制亚洲的成功经验呢?
Then I realized I did fail to be a good host.
于是我意识到我没能成为一个好主人。
No one could fail to sense the ice in her voice.
人人都能感到她的冷冰冰的口气。
No one can fail to be struck with her charm.
人人都被她的魅力所吸引。
He did not fail his courses last semester.
他上学期功课没有不及格。
He studied hard for the exam only to fail.
他为了考试而努力读书,结果只落得不及格。
They told him that he must come home without fail.
他们告诉他一定要回家一趟。
They fail to inculcate student with love of knowledge.
他们未能谆谆教诲使学生们爱好知识。
They fail to revive the economy.
他们没有能够使经济复苏。
It was fated that they should fail.
他们注定要失败的。
Their plot was predestined to fail.
他们的阴谋注定要失败。
They were convinced that he would not fail them.
他们相信他不会辜负他们的期望。
They hope to undermine our unity;they shall fail.
他们相破坏我们的团结,他们是不会成功的。
He do very well,but fail to break the record.
他做得很出色,但未破记录。
He tried a second time only to fail again.
他再试一次,竟然还是失败。
He has tried hard to better his status,but fail.
他努力设法改善自己的地位,但未能成功。
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 supported the official policy in public, but privately he know it will fail.
他在公开的场合里拥护官方的政策,而在私下里却明白那是行不通的。
The odds are that he will fail his examination.
他多半是通不过这次考试的。
He fail many times, but he do not lose heart.
他失败了许多次,但他并没有失去信心。
There is a good chance he will fail.
他很可能失败。
All his attempt to get a lob have fail.
他找工作的全部尝试均已落空。
He fail to lift the stone in spite of all his exertion.
他显然尽了全力,仍未能将此石头抬起。
His chief worry was that he might fail.
他最焦虑的是他可能不及格。
He writes every week without fail.
他每周必定写信。
He didn't fail to keep his word.
他没有忘了遵守诺言。
His disability caused this thing to fail.
他的无能导致了这件事失败。
His eyesight was beginning to fail.
他的视力开始减退。
Rarely did he fail to keep his promise.
他真的很难得失信。
He promised to meet us downtown without fail.
他答应一定在市中心跟我们碰头。
He fail his exam and is chuck out of university.
他考试不及格,被大学开除。
He has do his possible though he fail at last.
他虽然最後失败了,但已经尽了力。
Early as he get up, he fail to catch the first bus.
他虽然起得早,却赶不上第一趟公共汽车。
He wants you to see him in London without fail.
他要你去伦敦看他,不得有误。
He wants you to see him in London without fail .
他要你在伦敦见他,不得有误。
He said he would go fishing without fail.
他说他一定会去钓鱼的。
He studied hard only to fail in the exam.
他这么用功,结果竟然考场失利。
Attempts to split an electron always fail.
企图分裂电子的尝试总是失败的。
Fail to pay and they will cut off the electricity.
你(如果)不付款,他们就要断电。
You will never fail to be moved by the beauty of the sight.
你一定会被那美丽的景象所感动的。
Miss another class and you'll fail.
你再缺一次课就会不及格的。
You'd better give me my book, otherwise I'll fail my test.
你最好把我的书给我,否则我的测验将要不及格了。
Your work seems to be fail to be leading nowhere.
你的工作似乎没什么进展。
If your calculations are even fractionally incorrect, the whole plan will fail.
你的计算只要有一点点差错,整个计划就会失败。
You'll fail in French unless you work harder.
你要是不再加把劲儿,法语就考不及格了。
You are sure to fail if you do it that way .
你那样做一定失败。
If I miss one more class,I am gonna fail.
假使我再缺课的话,我会不及格。
To desist or fail in doing;forbear.
停止做或不能做,避免
Don't worry about your driving test. At worst you'll fail, and then you can always take it again.
别担心你的驾驶考试,最坏的可能就是没通过,然而你总可以随时再考。
The brake fail and the car come to a stop against a wall.
刹车装置失灵了,车撞到墙上才停下来。
What if I fail!
即使我失败了又怎样!
Even if I fail this time, I would try again.
即使我这次失败了,我还要再试试。
Reactionaries are bound to fail.
反动派必定失败。
But screw your courage to the sticking place, and we'll not fail.
只要你集中你的全部勇气,我们决不会失败。
Don't fail to let me know when you return.
回来时别忘了给我一个信儿。
It's no joke when your brakes fail on the motorway.
在快车道上行驶,刹车失灵的后果是非常严重的。
It seems to me that we will again fail in the exam.
在我看来,我们会再次考试不及格的。
In a depression banks are liable to fail.
在经济萧条期间,银行很可能倒闭
The sights of the city never fail to impress foreign tourist.
外国游客无一不对该市留有深刻印象。
We'll dispatch your order today,Madam,without fail.
夫人,今天我们必定发送你的定货。
To fail to keep a commitment or promise.
失言没有履行义务或诺言
To fail suddenly,as a market or an economy.
失败,破产市场或经济等的突然失败
She fail to report for duty on the date indicate.
她没有在指定日期报到上班。
She fail to unlock the safe in spite of all her exertion.
她虽然费尽力气,仍未能将那保险箱的锁打开。
She foretold that he would fail .
她预言他会失败。
I don't know what to do if I fail.
如果不成我真不知道该怎么办。
If you do not work, you will fail to pass the exam.
如果你不学习,你考试就会不及格。
If you fail,don't come snivelling back to me.
如果你失败了,可不要哭哭啼啼地回来找我。
If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it.
如果你接到一种象这样的请求,你不可能不服从。
If other means fail we shall resort to force.
如果其他手段均告失败,我们将诉之武力。
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。
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。
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。