fail[feil]
汉语翻译
vi. 失败, 缺乏, 中断, 衰退, 失灵
vt. 忘记, 使...失望, 缺乏, 不及格
n. 不及格
【化】 停车
相关词组:
fail to do
without fail
fail in...
词型变化
动词过去式:failed 过去分词:failed 现在分词:failing 第三人称单数:fails
英语解释
动词 fail:
- fail to do something; leave something undone同义词：neglect
- be unsuccessful同义词：go wrong, miscarry
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake同义词：betray
- stop operating or functioning同义词：go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
- be unable
- judge unacceptable
- fail to get a passing grade同义词：flunk, bomb, flush it
- fall short in what is expected
- become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
- prove insufficient同义词：run out, give out
- get worse
例句
- Several banks failed during the depression.有几家银行在不景气时期倒闭了。
- He never fails to write to his mother every week.他从来没有忘记每周给母亲写信。
- He got a fail in history and passes in other subjects.他历史考试不及格，其他科目都通过了。
- I fail to see why you find it so amusing.我不明白你们为什么对这件事感到如此好笑。
- I tried to fix the equipment but I failed.我想把机器修理好，但是失败了。
详细解释
fail
v.（动词）
failed,
fail.ing,
fails v.intr.（不及物动词）To prove deficient or lacking; perform ineffectively or inadequately.表现欠佳：证明不足或不够；活动受损或不充足To be unsuccessful:失败：不成功：例句：a valiant attempt that failed.虽败犹荣
To receive an academic grade below the acceptable minimum.不及格：达到的学术等级低于最低限度
To prove insufficient in quantity or duration; give out:用尽：数量或持续时间证明为不足；用完：例句：The water supply failed during the drought.在干旱期供水不足
To fall short, as in what is expected of one:未达成：不能达到别人所期望的：例句：failed in her obligations to the family.她对家庭没有尽到责任
To decline, as in strength or effectiveness:减弱：力量减弱或功能衰退：例句：The patient`s heart failed.病人的心跳减弱
To cease functioning properly:彻底中止运转：例句：The engine failed.引擎彻底停止了运转
To become bankrupt or insolvent:破产：例句：Our family business failed in 929.929年我们家族破产了
v.tr.（及物动词）To disappoint or prove undependable to:使失望或不可信赖：例句：Our sentries failed us.我们的哨兵令我们失望
To abandon; forsake:抛弃；放弃：例句：His strength failed him.他丧失了力气
To omit to perform (an expected duty, for example):遗漏未做：忽略而未能完成（例如，所期望的任务）：例句：.We must . . . hold . . . those horrors up to the light of justice. Otherwise we would fail our inescapable obligation to the victims of Nazism: to remember.(
Anthony Lewis).记住：我们必须将那些惨事交付法庭审判。否则，对遭受法西斯主义迫害的人，我们将无法尽到应尽的责任.(
安东尼·刘易斯)
To leave (something) undone; neglect:疏忽：留下（某事）没做完；疏忽：例句：failed to wash the dishes.忘了洗盘子
To receive an academic grade below the acceptable minimum in (a course, for example):不及格：达到的学术等级低于能接受的最低限度（如某门课程）：例句：failed algebra twice.代数两次不及格
To give such a grade of failure to (a student):给（学生）不及格：例句：failed me in algebra.给我代数不及格
n.（名词）
Failure to deliver securities to a purchaser within a specified time.保证失信：未能在特定时间内将保证金交给买主Failure to receive the proceeds of a transaction, as in the sale of stock or securities, by a specified date.交割失信：在股票或抵押品售出后，未能在规定日期内办理交接手续
<习惯用语>
without failWith no chance of failure:一定，必定：没有失败的可能：例句：Be here at noon without fail.一定在正午时到这里
习惯用语>来源：Middle English
failen 中古英语
failen from Old French
faillir 源自 古法语
faillir from Vulgar Latin
*fallore 源自 俗拉丁语
*fallore variant of Latin
fallere [to deceive] 拉丁语
fallere的变体 [欺骗]