• fail /fel/           CET4 TEM4 [ failing failed fails ]

  • 1

    及物动词/不及物动词 If you fail to do something that you were trying to do, you are unable to do it or do not succeed in doing it. 未能

    The party failed to win the election.

    该政党未能赢得选举。

    He failed in his attempt to take control of the company.

    他的掌控这家公司的企图失败了。

  • 2

    不及物动词 If an activity, attempt, or plan fails, it is not successful. 失败

    We tried to develop plans for them to get along, which all failed miserably.

    我们设法制定出让他们相处融洽的计划，但都惨败了。

    He was afraid the revolution they had started would fail.

    他担心他们发起的革命会失败。

    ...a failed military coup.

    …一次失败的军事政变。

  • 3

    及物动词 If someone or something fails to do a particular thing that they should have done, they do not do it. 未做

    Some schools fail to require any homework.

    有些学校没有布置任何家庭作业。

    He failed to file tax returns for 1982.

    他没有填报1982年的纳税申报单。

  • 4

    不及物动词 If something fails, it stops working properly, or does not do what it is supposed to do. 失灵

    The lights mysteriously failed, and we stumbled around in complete darkness.

    灯神秘地熄灭了，我们在完全的黑暗中跌跌撞撞。

  • 5

    不及物动词 If a business, organization, or system fails, it becomes unable to continue in operation or in existence. 倒闭

    So far this year, 104 banks have failed.

    到今年为止，104家银行已倒闭。

    ...a failed hotel business.

    …一家倒闭的酒店。

  • 6

    不及物动词 If something such as your health or a physical quality is failing, it is becoming gradually weaker or less effective. 衰退

    He was 58, and his health was failing rapidly.

    他58岁，健康状况每况愈下。

    Here in the hills, the light failed more quickly.

    在这儿的山里，光线减弱得更快了。

  • 7

    及物动词 If someone fails you, they do not do what you had expected or trusted them to do. 辜负

    We waited twenty-one years, don't fail us now.

    我们等了21年，如今不要辜负我们。

  • 8

    及物动词 If someone fails a test, examination, or course, they perform badly in it and do not reach the standard that is required. 使不及格

    I lived in fear of failing my final exams.

    我生活在期末考试不及格的担忧中。

  • 9

    可数名词 Fail is also a noun. 不及格

    It's the difference between a pass and a fail.

    这是及格和不及格的区别。

  • 10

    及物动词 If someone fails you in a test, examination, or course, they judge that you have not reached a high enough standard in it. 使不及格

    ...the two professors who had failed him during his first year of law school.

    …他上法学院第一年时使他不及格的两位教授。

  • 11

    习语 You say if all else fails to suggest what could be done in a certain situation if all the other things you have tried are unsuccessful. 迫不得已的话

    If all else fails, I could always drive a truck.

    迫不得已的话，我总可以开卡车。

  • 12

    习语 You use without fail to emphasize that something always happens. 必定

    He attended every meeting without fail.

    他逢会必参加。

  • 13

    习语 You use without fail to emphasize an order or a promise. 务必

    On the 30th you must without fail hand in some money for Alex.

    在30号你务必亲手交给亚历克斯一些钱。

fail[feil]

• v.
  • 1

    fail to do something; leave something undone

    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

    同义词： neglect

  • 2

    be unsuccessful

    Where do today's public schools fail? ; The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably

    同义词： go wrong / miscarry

  • 3

    disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

    His sense of smell failed him this time ; His strength finally failed him ; His children failed him in the crisis

    同义词： betray

  • 4

    stop operating or functioning

    The engine failed on the way to town

    同义词： go bad / give way / die / give out / conk out / go / break / break down

  • 5

    be unable

    I fail to understand your motives

  • 6

    judge unacceptable

    The teacher failed six students

  • 7

    fail to get a passing grade

    She studied hard but failed nevertheless ; Did I fail the test?

    同义词： flunk / bomb / flush it

  • 8

    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

  • 9

    become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close

    A number of banks failed that year

  • 10

    prove insufficient

    The water supply for the town failed after a long drought

    同义词： run out / give out

  • 11

    get worse

• 教育学

  • 使…不及格；使…失败：

  • 没有通过…的考试：

  • (考试)不及格

  • 不及格

• 商业

  • 无力交割，交割失信，不按时交割，不履行证券交接(证券经纪人不能于成交后的预定期限内交割证券)

• 计算机科学技术

  • 失效

• 不及格

  • 核成绩(Record)优（Excellent） （90-100）良（Good） （80-90）中（Fair） （70-80）及格（Pass） （60-70）不及格（Fail） （60分以下）绩点(Grade Point)43210二、学分绩点的计算(Calculation of GP)： 一门课程的学分绩点=该门课程的绩点×该门课程的.

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• 失败

  • 通过（Pass）：测试运行结束，测试人得到了预料中的测试结果状态和测试行为。 失败（Fail）：在很多情况下，测试人得到预料之外的测试结果，状态或行为，这些结果与测试目标相差甚远。这就引发了关于系统质量的疑问。

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• 辜负

  • 你辜负(Fail)的首先是自己，然后(Then)是关心你的人。。

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• 衰退

  • ... express vt. 表达；表示；表情 n. 快车，特快专递 fail v. 失败；不及格；衰退 fall (fell, fallen) vi. 落（下），降落；倒 ...

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短语
• too big to fail
  大到不能倒 | 大而不倒 | 大而不能倒 | 太大而不能倒
• fail to
  未能 | 不能 | 没能做成 | 失败
• fail to do sth
  做某事失败 | 未能做某事 | 未能做 | 没做成某事
• HDC controller fail
  硬盘控制器控制失败 | 硬盘节制器节制掉败 | 硬盘掌握器掌握失败 | 控制失败
• fail safe
  故障保护 | 换效安全 | 核战爆发令 | 安全性
• fail-safe system
  安全系统 | 故障保险系统 | 故障自动防护系统 | 可行性研究
• fail whale
  失败鲸 | 失利鲸 | 掉败鲸
• words fail me
  我无法用语言表达 | 无法用语言表达 | 我的话失败
• anyone can fail
  任何人都可能沉沦 | 任何人会让人失望

词根：fail

• adj.

  • failed 已失败的，不成功的

    failing 失败的

• n.

  • failure 失败；故障；失败者；破产

    failing 失败；缺点，过失；弱点

• prep.

  • failing 如果没有…

• v.

  • failed 失败，不成功（fail的过去式和过去分词）

    failing 失败；不及格（fail的ing形式）

• vi.

  • 失败，不及格；破产；缺乏；衰退

    flag / founder / tube

• vt.

  • 不及格；使失望；忘记；舍弃

    disappoint / let down

• n.

  • 不及格

    flunk