Examples

临行匆忙，未能向你告别。

I left in such a hurry that I didn't have time to say good-bye to you. → 匆忙

阴谋未能得逞。

The plot fell through. → 得逞

她为家务所羁绊，未能前往。

She was tied up with housework and couldn't go. → 羁绊

未能免俗

unable to break away from convention → 免俗

证人受到威吓未能作证。

The witness was kept from testifying by intimidation. → 威吓

未能实现

fail to materialize → 未能

阴谋未能得逞

be frustrated in one's plot → 未能

他因有其他事情未能出席。

He was absent because he had other things to attend to. → 因

德军包围斯大林格勒9个月，但始终未能攻下这座城市。 → 包围

他最终未能逃出死亡的魔掌。 → 魔掌

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