+ Search by Radical
Search for
PETS rank
Listen
Print Font Size
Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- fail [feɪl]
-
- 1. vt. [+exam, test] 没有通过
- 2. vt. [+candidate] 评定...不及格
- 3. vt. [leader, system+] 使失望
- 4. vt. 失去
-
5.
vi.
[courage, memory+]
[candidate+]
没通过
- "Did you pass?" - "No, I failed."
- “你过了吗？” “没过。”
- 6. vi. [attempt, plan, remedy+] 失败
- 7. vi. [brakes+] 失灵
- 8. vi. [eyesight, health+] 衰退
- 9. vi. [light+] 变暗
- 10. vi. (neglect) 没有做某事
- 11. vi. (without exception) 毫无例外
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- fail [fel] [feɪl]
-
-
1.
vi.
失败，未能成功，未能做到，不能成为
-
2.
vi.
缺乏，欠缺，不足
- The water supply is failing.
- 水供应不足。
-
3.
vi.
衰弱，减弱，消失，衰退
-
4.
vi.
停止作用，失灵
- The brakes failed.
- 制动器失灵。
-
5.
vi.
（义务、责任等）未能履行，玩忽职守，辜负（期望等）
- 6. vi. [pedagogics] （考试）不及格
-
7.
vi.
破产
- 8. vt. 未能…，未做…；疏忽；漏做（某事），忽略；忘记[与不定式连用]
-
9.
vt.
无用，无助于；使失望，使（希望等）落空，辜负期望
-
10.
vt.
舍弃，遗弃
- His courage failed him.
- 他失去了勇气。
-
11.
vt.
[pedagogics]
评（学生）不及格，给（学生）不及格等级；（某科考试）不及格
-
12.
noun
失败，迟误[现仅用于短语without fail无误，必定（发生），务必]
- He studies Chinese characters every day without fail.
- 他每天都坚持不懈地学习汉字。
-
13.
noun
[Business]
不按时交割（证券经纪人不能于成交后的预定期限内交割证券）
-
14.
noun
[slang]
不及格的分数；分数为F（参见pass）
- I got a fail in math last semester.
- 我上学期数学没及格。
-
1.
vi.
失败，未能成功，未能做到，不能成为
Collins English-English Dictionary
- fail [feɪl]
-
-
1.
vb
to be unsuccessful in an attempt (at something or to do something)
-
2.
vi.
[intr]
to stop operating or working properly
- the steering failed suddenly
-
3.
vi.
to judge or be judged as being below the officially accepted standard required for success in (a course, examination, etc)
-
4.
vt.
[tr]
to prove disappointing, undependable, or useless to (someone)
-
5.
vt.
[tr]
to neglect or be unable (to do something)
-
6.
vi.
[intr]
to prove partly or completely insufficient in quantity, duration, or extent
-
7.
vi.
[intr]
to weaken; fade away
-
8.
vi.
[intr]
to go bankrupt or become insolvent
-
9.
n
a failure to attain the required standard, as in an examination
-
10.
n
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French faillir, ultimately from Latin fallere to disappoint; probably related to Greek ph
e los deceitful
-
1.
vb
to be unsuccessful in an attempt (at something or to do something)
- fail [fel]
-
-
1.
n
[Scot]
a turf; sod
-
2.
n
[Etymology]
perhaps from Scottish Gaelic fàl
-
1.
n
[Scot]
a turf; sod
Examples
- Study,(or) else you will fail.
- 要学习，否则你就会考不及格的。 → else
- One in ten will fail．
- 十个之中有一个要失败。 → in
- Though he may fail, he will have tried.
- 纵然他可能失败，他还是要试试。 → though
- The last thing I needed was to fail the exam!
- 我最不想要的就是考试不及格了！ → last
- Many businesses with growth potential fail to raise enough funds because they lack investment readiness.
- 很多具有发展潜力的企业由于投资准备没有做到位，就未能筹集到足够的资金。 → raise
- A company that fail to reinvent products according to customers' needs probably cannot succeed in business.
- 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。 → fail
- He studies Chinese characters every day without fail.
- 他每天都坚持不懈地学习汉字。 → fail
- I got a fail in math last semester.
- 我上学期数学没及格。 → fail
- I am fairly sure I will fail the test.
- 我非常肯定自己这次测试是不会及格的。
- Some drivers of passing cars fail to consider the possibility of children suddenly appearing from behind a bus at a bus stop.
- 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。 → bus stop
Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.
Idioms + Phrasal Verbs
Thesaurus
Conversations
Recently Reviewed Words
Content partners 
