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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- fail
[feɪl]
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1.
vt.
[+exam]
[ test]
没有通过
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I failed my driving test twice.
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我两次驾驶考试都没合格。
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2.
vt.
[+candidate]
评定…不及格
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One of the examiners wanted to fail him.
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其中一位考官想要评定他不及格。
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3.
vt.
[leader]
[ system+]
使失望
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Our leaders have failed us.
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我们的领导使我们失望。
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4.
vt.
失去
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At the last minute his courage failed him.
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在关键时刻，他失去了勇气。
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5.
vi.
[courage]
[ memory+]
没通过
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"Did you pass?" - "No, I failed."
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“你过了吗？” “没过。”
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6.
vi.
[attempt]
[ plan]
[ remedy+]
失败
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The attempt to bribe the clerk had failed.
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贿赂职员的尝试失败了。
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7.
vi.
[brakes+]
失灵
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The brakes failed and his car crashed into a tree.
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由于刹车失灵，他的车撞树上了。
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8.
vi.
[eyesight]
[ health+]
衰退
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They go and read to people whose sight is failing.
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他们给那些视力衰退的人读书听。
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9.
vi.
[light+]
变暗
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In a few hours the light will fail.
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几个小时以后，天色就会变暗。
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to fail to do sth
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未能做某事
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The England team failed to win a place in the finals.
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英格兰队未能进入决赛。
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10.
vi.
(neglect) 没有做某事
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The bomb failed to explode.
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炸弹没有爆炸。
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without fail
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一定
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Don't worry, I'll be there without fail.
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别担心，我一定会去。
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11.
vi.
(without exception) 毫无例外
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He attended every meeting without fail.
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他每次会议都参加，没有例外的。
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- fail
[feɪl]
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1.
vi.
未能，未做
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The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account.
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秘书忘了给这位客户打电话，结果公司失去了这位客户。
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She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib.
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她没有注意到，她的孩子已经不在婴儿床上了。
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2.
vi.
失败，不成功
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The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably.
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营救人质的行动很不幸地失败了。
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Where do today's public schools fail?
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当前公立学校在哪些方面出问题了？
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3.
vt.
使失望，使不可信赖
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His strength finally failed him.
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他最终心有余而力不足。
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His sense of smell failed him this time.
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这次，他的嗅觉辜负了他。
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His children failed him in the crisis.
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他的孩子在危机中的表现让他失望。
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4.
vi.
失灵，出故障，停止运转
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The engine failed on the way to town.
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引擎在进城的路上出故障了。
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5.
vi.
无法，不能
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I fail to understand your motives.
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我没有理解你的动机。
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6.
vt.
[Pedagogics]
评定……不合格
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The teacher failed six students.
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这位老师让六名学生不及格。
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7.
vi.
不及格，没有通过
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She studied hard but failed nevertheless.
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她学习很刻苦，但还是没及格。
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Did I fail the test?
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我考试不及格吗？
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8.
verb
辜负，有负于
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We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the holocaust.
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我们必须履行他对大屠杀牺牲者的义务。
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She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law.
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她没有尽到合格的媳妇所应该尽的义务。
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9.
vi.
破产，倒闭
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A number of banks failed that year.
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那一年，很多银行倒闭。
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10.
vi.
用尽，耗光
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The water supply for the town failed after a long drought.
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长期干旱之后，镇上的水供应中断了。
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11.
vi.
变差，衰弱
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12.
noun
[Slang]
不及格的分数；分数为F（参见pass）
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13.
noun
[Person Name]
法伊，法伊尔
Collins English-English Dictionary
- fail
[feɪl]
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1.
vb
to be unsuccessful in an attempt (at something or to do something)
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2.
vi.
[intr]
to stop operating or working properly
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the steering failed suddenly
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3.
vi.
to judge or be judged as being below the officially accepted standard required for success in (a course, examination, etc)
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to prove disappointing, undependable, or useless to (someone)
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to neglect or be unable (to do something)
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6.
vi.
[intr]
to prove partly or completely insufficient in quantity, duration, or extent
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7.
vi.
[intr]
to weaken; fade away
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8.
vi.
[intr]
to go bankrupt or become insolvent
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9.
n
a failure to attain the required standard, as in an examination
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10.
n
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French faillir, ultimately from Latin fallere to disappoint; probably related to Greek phelos deceitful
- fail
[fel]
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1.
n
[Scot]
a turf; sod
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2.
n
[Etymology]
perhaps from Scottish Gaelic fàl
Examples
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One in ten will fail．
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十个之中有一个要失败。
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The last thing I needed was to fail the exam!
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我最不想要的就是考试不及格了！
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A company that fail to reinvent products according to customers' needs probably cannot succeed in business.
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一个公司若不能根据消费者的要求革新产品，可能就不会在商业上取得成功。
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I got a fail in math last semester.
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我上学期数学没及格。
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Some drivers of passing cars fail to consider the possibility of children suddenly appearing from behind a bus at a bus stop.
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一些开车司机没有考虑到，在公交车站，小孩儿可能会突然从车后冒出来。
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