fail
英 [feɪl]
美 [feɪl]
v. 失败; 未能(做到); 未做; 未履行(某事); 不及格; 评定不及格
n. (考试)不及格
过去分词:failed 过去式:failed 现在分词:failing 第三人称单数:fails
Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.616 / COCA.808
习惯用语
v.
- if all else fails
- 实在不行的话(还可以…)
used to suggest sth that sb can do if nothing else they have tried is successful - If all else fails, you can always sell your motorbike.
如果所有别的办法都不行,你总还可以卖掉摩托车。
n.
- without fail
- 务必;一定
when you tell sb to do sth without fail , you are telling them that they must do it - I want you here by two o'clock without fail.
我要你两点钟务必来到这里。 - 总是;必定
always - He emails every week without fail.
他每周必定发电子邮件。
牛津词典
verb
- 不成功 not succeed
- 失败;未能(做到)
to not be successful in achieving sth- I failed in my attempt to persuade her.
我未能说服她。 - 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。
未做某事 not do sth - I failed in my attempt to persuade her.
- 未做;未履行(某事)
to not do sth- He failed to keep the appointment.
他未履约。 - She never fails to email every week.
每周她必定发电子邮件。 - I fail to see (= I don't understand) why you won't even give it a try.
我不懂为什么你连试一试都不愿意。 - He felt he would be failing in his duty if he did not report it.
他认为他如果不报告就是失职。
测验;考试 test/exam - He failed to keep the appointment.
- 不及格;评定不及格
to not pass a test or an exam; to decide that sb/sth has not passed a test or an exam- He failed his driving test.
他驾驶执照考试不及格。 - The examiners failed over half the candidates.
主考人员评定,半数以上报考者不及格。 - She was disqualified after failing a drugs test.
她药检未通过,被取消了资格。 - What will you do if you fail?
如果你考试失败打算干什么?
机器;身体部位 of machines/parts of body - He failed his driving test.
- 出故障;失灵
to stop working- The brakes on my bike failed half way down the hill.
我骑自行车下山到中途刹车失灵了。
健康;视力 of health/sight - The brakes on my bike failed half way down the hill.
- 衰退
to become weak- Her eyesight is failing.
她的视力日渐衰退。 - His last months in office were marred by failing health.
由于健康恶化,他最后几个月的公职工作受到了影响。
使失望 disappoint sb - Her eyesight is failing.
- 使失望;有负于;无能为力
to disappoint sb; to be unable to help when needed- When he lost his job, he felt he had failed his family.
他失去工作以后,感到辜负了他的家庭。 - She tried to be brave, but her courage failed her.
她想勇敢,但却鼓不起勇气。 - Words fail me (= I cannot express how I feel) .
我无法表达自己的感受。
不足 not be enough - When he lost his job, he felt he had failed his family.
- 不足;缺乏
to not be enough when needed or expected- The crops failed again last summer.
上个夏季庄稼又歉收了。 - The rains had failed and the rivers were dry.
雨量不足,河流干涸。
公司;企业 of company/business - The crops failed again last summer.
- 倒闭;破产
to be unable to continue- Several banks failed during the recession.
经济衰退期间有几家银行倒闭了。
- Several banks failed during the recession.
noun
- (考试)不及格
the result of an exam in which a person is not successful- I got three passes and one fail.
我考试三门及格,一门不及格。
- I got three passes and one fail.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 失败;未能够;未做成
If youfailto do something that you were trying to do, you are unable to do it or do not succeed in doing it.- 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。 - Many of us have tried to lose weight and failed miserably...
我们中很多人都努力要减肥,无奈均以惨败告终。 - The truth is, I'm a failed comedy writer really.
事实上,我真的是个很失败的喜剧作家。
- The Workers' Party failed to win a single governorship...
- VERB (活动、尝试、计划等)失败,不成功
If an activity, attempt, or planfails, it is not successful.- 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。 - After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island.
在一次军事进攻失败之后,所有政府军和警察均从岛上撤离了。
- We tried to develop plans for them to get along, which all failed miserably...
- VERB 没有做,未做(应做的事)
If someone or somethingfailsto do a particular thing that they should have done, they do not do it.- 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 bomb failed to explode.
炸弹没有爆炸。
- Some schools fail to set any homework...
- VERB 出故障;失灵
If somethingfails, it stops working properly, or does not do what it is supposed to do.- 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。 - 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。
- The lights mysteriously failed, and we stumbled around in complete darkness...
- VERB (企业)倒闭,破产;(机构)解体;(体系)崩溃
If a business, organization, or systemfails, it becomes unable to continue in operation or in existence.- 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 - Who wants to buy a computer from a failing company?
谁愿意从一家要倒闭的公司买计算机呢?
- So far this year, 104 banks have failed.
- VERB (健康状况、体质等)衰弱,虚弱,衰退
If something such as your health or a physical qualityis failing, it is becoming gradually weaker or less effective.- 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。 - An apparently failing memory is damaging for a national leader.
明显的记忆力衰退对一个国家领导人来说极为不利。
- He was 58, and his health was failing rapidly...
- VERB 辜负;使失望
If someonefailsyou, they do not do what you had expected or trusted them to do.- 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
- We waited twenty-one years, don't fail us now.
- VERB 不履行,未尽(职责)
If someonefails intheir duty orfails intheir responsibilities, they do not do everything that they have a duty or a responsibility to do.- 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。 - 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。
- Lawyers are accused of failing in their duties to advise clients of their rights...
- VERB (品质或能力)有负于;(使)不如愿;不够
If a quality or ability that you havefailsyou, or if itfails, it is not good enough in a particular situation to enable you to do what you want to do.- 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。
- For once, the artist's fertile imagination failed him...
- VERB 不及格
If someonefailsa test, examination, or course, they perform badly in it and do not reach the standard that is required.- I lived in fear of failing my end-of-term exams.
我总是担心期末考试不及格。 - Failis also a noun.
- It's the difference between a pass and a fail.
这是及格和不及格的差别。
- I lived in fear of failing my end-of-term exams.
- VERB 评定…不及格;使不及格
If someonefailsyou in a test, examination, or course, they judge that you have not reached a high enough standard in it.- ...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
- ...the two men who had failed him during his first year of law school.
- PHRASE 如果其他一切都不奏效的话;假如其他都行不通
You sayif all else failsto suggest what could be done in a certain situation if all the other things you have tried are unsuccessful.- 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 all else fails, I could always drive a truck.
- PHRASE (用以表示不赞成)不明白,看不出
You can useI fail to seeorI fail to understandin order to introduce a statement which indicates that you do not agree with what someone has said or done.- 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。
- That's how it was in my day and I fail to see why it should be different now.
- PHRASE 总是;一直
You usewithout failto emphasize that something always happens.- He attended every meeting without fail.
他逢会必到。
- He attended every meeting without fail.
- PHRASE (用以强调命令或承诺)一定,必须
You usewithout failto emphasize an order or a promise.- 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。 - 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...
英英释义
verb
- get worse
- Her health is declining
- 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
- prove insufficient
- The water supply for the town failed after a long drought
- disappoint, prove undependable to
- His sense of smell failed him this time
- His strength finally failed him
- His children failed him in the crisis
- become bankrupt or insolvent
- The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor
- A number of banks failed that year
- 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
- fail to get a passing grade
- She studied hard but failed nevertheless
- Did I fail the test?
- judge unacceptable
- The teacher failed six students
- be unsuccessful
- Where do today's public schools fail?
- The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably
- fail to do something
- 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
- be unable
- I fail to understand your motives
双语例句
- An apparently failing memory is damaging for a national leader.
明显的记忆力衰退对一个国家领导人来说极为不利。 - Some schools fail to set any homework
有些学校没有布置任何作业。 - 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。 - I will have a try even though I should fail.
哪怕失败,我也要试一下。 - 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。 - The Workers 'Party failed to win a single governorship
劳工党连一个州长职位也未能赢得。 - 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。 - After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island.
在一次军事进攻失败之后,所有政府军和警察均从岛上撤离了。 - The bomb failed to explode.
炸弹没有爆炸。 - He attended every meeting without fail.
他逢会必到。