failed
英 [feɪld]
美 [feɪld]
adj. 失败的; 不成功的
v. 失败; 未能(做到); 未做; 未履行(某事); 不及格; 评定不及格
fail的过去分词和过去式
BNC.9551 / COCA.5839
牛津词典
adj.
- 失败的;不成功的
not successful- a failed writer
不成功的作家 - a failed coup
流产政变
- a failed writer
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他担心他们发起的大变革会遭遇失败。 - After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island.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...
双语例句
- He failed after all.
他还是失败了。 - He failed to make radio contact.
他未能进行无线电联络。 - Words failed me when I met my long-lost brothers.
当我和失散已久的兄弟见面时,我激动得说不出话。 - He failed in his attempt to take control of the company
他试图掌控公司,但以失败告终。 - He had three tries and failed each time.
他试了三回,每回都失败了。 - My legs failed me and I wasn't able to run the last lap.
我这腿不争气,最后一圈跑不动了。 - He failed to identify Graham from photographs, but later picked him out of a police line-up.
他没能从疑犯照片中指认出格雷厄姆,但后来在警方安排的列队辨认中把他挑了出来。 - Attempts to resurrect the ceasefire have already failed once
为再次停火作出的努力已经失败了一次。 - All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed
所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。 - 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。