| 单词 | fail |
| 释义 | failfailsfailedfailingfailfail1 /feɪl/ verb1not succeed [transitive] to not succeed in doing something that you try to do OPP succeedfail to do somethingDoctors failed to save the girl’s life.doctorfail医生没能保住那个女孩的性命。fail inThe government has failed in its attempt to improve health services.havefailservice政府想改进医疗保健服务的努力失败了。The attempt failed.fail这次尝试失败了。2not do something [transitive] to not do what is wanted, needed, or expectedfail to do somethingYour email failed to arrive.fail你的电子邮件没有发送到。fail inteachers who fail in their duty to protect childrenteacherchild未能尽责保护好孩子的教师3test a)[intransitive and transitive] if you fail a test, you do not pass it OPP pass: I failed my driving test three times.faildrivetime我三次驾驶执照考试都没通过。 b)[transitive] to decide that someone has not passed a test OPP pass: The examiners failed him because of poor spelling.examinerfailspell他拼写太差，考官没让他及格。GrammarDo not say ‘I failed in the test.’ Say I failed the test.fail（我测验没及格。）4stop working [transitive] if a machine, a part of your body etc fails, it stops working: The engine failed after take-off.fail起飞后引擎失灵。his failing eyesightfail 他日渐衰退的视力5business [transitive] if a business fails, it cannot continue because it has no money6when somebody trusts you to do something [transitive] if you fail someone, you do not do what they trusted you to do: I felt that I had failed my parents’ trust in me.feelhavefailparent我感到辜负了父母对我的信任。—failedfailed adjective: a failed marriagefail 失败的婚姻failed efforts to reform the tax lawsfaileffortlaw改革税法的失败尝试Phrasessb’s courage/nerve fails them used to say that someone suddenly loses the confidence they need to do something: Jim’s nerve failed him, and he left without asking for her phone number.failleaveasknumb吉姆突然就失去了勇气，没有向她要电话号码就走了。I fail to see/understand why/how etc formal used to say that someone has done something annoying and you do not know whyTHESAURUS: failfail to not succeed: She failed to get a place at university.failTheir plan failed.failflunk informal especially American English to fail a test: I flunked my English exam.flunknot work if something does not work, it does not do what you wanted: The treatment didn’t work and he had to go back into hospital.haveThis pen doesn’t work.go wrong if something you do goes wrong, it fails, especially after starting well: Our chemistry experiment went wrong.gobe unsuccessful to not have the result that you wanted: Their search was unsuccessful.beHe applied for the job but he was unsuccessful.applybebe a failure to be unsuccessful, with the result that you have wasted your efforts: The trip was badly organized and a complete failure.beorganize |
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