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fail fail ★★★★★/fe͟ɪl/1[VERB	动词]失败；未能够；未做成 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.   [V to-inf]  [V in n]  [V]  [V-ed]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。2[VERB	动词](活动、尝试、计划等)失败，不成功 If an activity, attempt, or plan fails, it is not successful.   [V]  [V-ed]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they had started would fail...他担心他们发起的大变革会遭遇失败。After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island.在一次军事进攻失败之后，所有政府军和警察均从岛上撤离了。3[VERB	动词]没有做，未做(应做的事) If someone or something fails to do a particular thing that they should have done, they do not do it.   [V to-inf]  [FORMAL 正式]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。4[VERB	动词]出故障；失灵 If something fails, it stops working properly, or does not do what it is supposed to do.   [V]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。5[VERB	动词](企业)倒闭，破产；(机构)解体；(体系)崩溃 If a business, organization, or system fails, it becomes unable to continue in operation or in existence.   [V]  [V-ed]  [V-ing]  [BUSINESS 商]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？6[VERB	动词](健康状况、体质等)衰弱，虚弱，衰退 If something such as your health or a physical quality is failing, it is becoming gradually weaker or less effective.   [V]  [V-ing]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。7[VERB	动词]辜负；使失望 If someone fails you, they do not do what you had expected or trusted them to do.   [V n]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8[VERB	动词]不履行，未尽(职责) If someone fails in their duty or fails in their responsibilities, they do not do everything that they have a duty or a responsibility to do.   [V in n]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。9[VERB	动词](品质或能力)有负于；(使)不如愿；不够 If a quality or ability that you have fails you, or if it fails, it is not good enough in a particular situation to enable you to do what you want to do.   [V n]  [V]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。10[VERB	动词]不及格 If someone fails a test, examination, or course, they perform badly in it and do not reach the standard that is required. →see usage note at:exam  [V n]I lived in fear of failing my end-of-term exams.我总是担心期末考试不及格。Fail is also a noun.It's the difference between a pass and a fail.这是及格和不及格的差别。11[VERB	动词]评定…不及格；使不及格 If someone fails you in a test, examination, or course, they judge that you have not reached a high enough standard in it.   [V n]...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12[PHRASE	短语]如果其他一切都不奏效的话；假如其他都行不通 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.   [PHR with cl]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。13[PHRASE	短语](用以表示不赞成)不明白，看不出 You can use I fail to see or I fail to understand in order to introduce a statement which indicates that you do not agree with what someone has said or done.   [PHR wh]  [FORMAL 正式]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。14[PHRASE	短语]总是；一直 You use without fail to emphasize that something always happens.   [PHR with cl]  [emphasis]He attended every meeting without fail.他逢会必到。15[PHRASE	短语](用以强调命令或承诺)一定，必须 You use without fail to emphasize an order or a promise.   [PHR with cl]  [emphasis]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。 fail1 verbfail2 nounfail3 interjectionfailfail1 /feɪl/ ●●● S2 W1 verb  Entry menu Word Origin Verb Table Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases Word family 1not succeed [intransitive] to not succeed in achieving something:  It looks likely that the peace talks will fail.fail in He failed in his attempt to regain the world title.fail to do something Doctors failed to save the girl’s life. Millions of people have tried to quit smoking and failed miserably (=been completely unsuccessful). his efforts to save his failing marriage If all else fails, you may be advised to have an operation.2not do something [intransitive] to not do what is expected, needed, or wantedfail to do something The letter failed to arrive. Firms that fail to take advantage of the new technology will go out of business. The government are failing in their duty to protect people.RegisterFail to do something is used mainly in writing and in formal contexts. In everyday English, people usually say do not do something instead: The letter failed to arrive. ➔ The letter didn’t arrive.3exam/test a)[intransitive, transitive] to not pass a test or examination:  I failed my driving test the first time I took it. He failed maths but passed all his other subjects. b)[transitive] to decide that someone has not passed a test or examination:  Her work was so bad that I had no choice but to fail her.4I fail to see/understand formal used to show that you are annoyed by something that you do not accept or understand:  I fail to see why you find it so amusing.5company/business [intransitive] if a company or business fails, it is unable to continue because of a lack of money6machine/body part [intransitive] if a part of a machine or an organ in your body fails, it stops working:  The engine failed on take-off. The hospital said that his kidneys were failing.7health [intransitive] if your sight, memory, health etc is failing, it is gradually getting weaker or is not as good as it was:  Failing eyesight forced him to retire early.8never fail to do something to do something or happen so regularly that people expect it:  My grandson never fails to phone me on my birthday.9your courage/will/nerve fails (you) if your courage etc fails, or if it fails you, you suddenly do not have it when you need it:  She had to leave immediately, before her courage failed her.10fail somebody to not do what someone has trusted you to do  SYN  let somebody down:  I feel I’ve failed my children by not spending more time with them.11crops [intransitive] if crops fail, they do not grow or produce food, for example because of bad weather12rains [intransitive] if the rains (=a lot of rain that falls at a particular time each year) fail, they do not come when expected or it does not rain enough → words fail meat word1(29)THESAURUSfail to not succeed – used about people, plans, methods etc: · The plan failed.· They failed to persuade her to change her mind.· This method never fails.go wrong if something you do goes wrong, it fails after starting well: · The experiment went wrong when the chemicals combined to form a poisonous gas.not work if something does not work, it does not do what you want it to do: · The drugs don’t work.· I tried to fix it with glue, but that didn’t work.be unsuccessful /ˌʌnsəkˈsesfəl◂/ to not have the result you wanted: · His first attempt to get a teaching job was unsuccessful.· The search was unsuccessful.be a failure to be unsuccessful, with the result that you have wasted your efforts: · The government’s 5-year plan to modernize the economy was a complete failure.backfire if a plan or action backfires, it does the opposite of what it was intended to do: · His plan to get attention backfired, and instead of being promoted he lost his job.in vain if you try to do something in vain, you fail to do it: · They tried in vain to save him.· All her efforts had been in vain.fail1 verbfail2 nounfail3 interjectionfailfail2 noun  Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases Word family 1without fail a)if you do something without fail, you always do it:  Tim visits his mother every day without fail. b)used to tell someone very firmly that they must do something:  I want that work finished by tomorrow, without fail!2[countable] an unsuccessful result in a test or examination  OPP  pass:  I got a fail in history.3[countable] informal an occasion when someone is not successful or does something badly:  My parenting has included some spectacular fails.fail1 verbfail2 nounfail3 interjectionfailfail3 interjection informal  Collocations Phrases  used for saying that someone has failed or done something badly

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         如果你考试失败打算干什么？                          failsb                          ◆          The examiners failed over half the candidates.          主考人员评定，半数以上考生不及格。                          OPP                                                    pass                                                                of machines/parts of body        机器；身体部位                    4                  [intransitive          ]                          to stop working            出故障；失灵                                    ◆          The brakes on my bike failed half way down the hill.          我的自行车下山途中车闸失灵了。                            of health/sight        健康；视力                    5                  [intransitive          ]                          (            especially in the progressive tenses              尤用于进行时            )                    to become weak            衰退                                    ◆          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，他最后几个月的工作大受影响。                            disappoint sb        使失望                    6                  [transitive          ]                          failsb                          to disappoint sb; to be unable to help when needed            使失望；有负于；无能为力                                    ◆          When he lost his job, he felt he had failed his family.          他失去工作以后，感到辜负了家庭。                          ◆          She tried to be brave, but her courage failed her.          她想勇敢，但却鼓不起勇气。                          ◆          (            figurative)                                Words fail me            (= I cannot express how I feel).                    我无法表达自己的感受。                            not be enough        不足                    7                  [intransitive          ]                          to not be enough when needed or expected            不足；缺乏                                    ◆          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。                            of company/business        公司；企业                    8                  [intransitive          ]                          to be unable to continue            倒闭；破产                                    ◆          Several banks failed during the recession.          经济衰退期间有几家银行倒闭了。                            IDIOM              if all else ˈfails                              used to suggest sth that sb can do if nothing else they have tried is successful              实在不行的话（还可以…）                                            ◆            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。                                                    noun                    the result of an exam in which a person is not successful        （考试）不及格                    ◆      I got three passes and one fail.      我考试三门及格，一门不及格。              OPP                                    pass                                      IDIOM              without ˈfail                  1                      when you tell sb to do sth              without fail,you are telling them that they must do it              务必；一定                                            ◆            I want you here by two o'clock without fail.            我要你两点钟务必来到这里。                                    2                      always              总是；必定                                            ◆            He emails every week without fail.            他每周必定发电子邮件。                                          fail              /        feɪl                ;          NAmE                feɪl                /             fail[feɪl]failed, failing, failsCET4CET6TEM4考研GREn2415729135101694442v8085192178106485108581298613782VERB9371653646NOUN1497024340Spoken:81469023failed[32779] failing[6548] fails[5624]失败(74%)，不及格(16%)，衰退(5%)，辜负(3%)，放弃(1%)，没做成某事(1%)n.不及格vi.失败，不及格；破产；缺乏；衰退vt.不及格；使失望；忘记；舍弃n.(Fail)人名；(葡、捷)法伊尔；(法)法伊

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Collins	fail ★★★★★ /fe͟ɪl/ 1 [VERB 动词]失败；未能够；未做成 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. [V to-inf] [V in n] [V] [V-ed] 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。 2 [VERB 动词](活动、尝试、计划等)失败，不成功 If an activity, attempt, or plan fails, it is not successful. [V] [V-ed] 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。 3 [VERB 动词]没有做，未做(应做的事) If someone or something fails to do a particular thing that they should have done, they do not do it. [V to-inf] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 4 [VERB 动词]出故障；失灵 If something fails, it stops working properly, or does not do what it is supposed to do. [V] 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。 5 [VERB 动词](企业)倒闭，破产；(机构)解体；(体系)崩溃 If a business, organization, or system fails, it becomes unable to continue in operation or in existence. [V] [V-ed] [V-ing] [BUSINESS 商] 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？ 6 [VERB 动词](健康状况、体质等)衰弱，虚弱，衰退 If something such as your health or a physical quality is failing, it is becoming gradually weaker or less effective. [V] [V-ing] 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。 7 [VERB 动词]辜负；使失望 If someone fails you, they do not do what you had expected or trusted them to do. [V n] 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 8 [VERB 动词]不履行，未尽(职责) If someone fails in their duty or fails in their responsibilities, they do not do everything that they have a duty or a responsibility to do. [V in n] 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。 9 [VERB 动词](品质或能力)有负于；(使)不如愿；不够 If a quality or ability that you have fails you, or if it fails, it is not good enough in a particular situation to enable you to do what you want to do. [V n] [V] 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。 10 [VERB 动词]不及格 If someone fails a test, examination, or course, they perform badly in it and do not reach the standard that is required. →see usage note at:exam [V n] I lived in fear of failing my end-of-term exams. 我总是担心期末考试不及格。 Fail is also a noun. It's the difference between a pass and a fail. 这是及格和不及格的差别。 11 [VERB 动词]评定…不及格；使不及格 If someone fails you in a test, examination, or course, they judge that you have not reached a high enough standard in it. [V n] ...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 12 [PHRASE 短语]如果其他一切都不奏效的话；假如其他都行不通 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. [PHR with cl] 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。 13 [PHRASE 短语](用以表示不赞成)不明白，看不出 You can use I fail to see or I fail to understand in order to introduce a statement which indicates that you do not agree with what someone has said or done. [PHR wh] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 14 [PHRASE 短语]总是；一直 You use without fail to emphasize that something always happens. [PHR with cl] [emphasis] He attended every meeting without fail. 他逢会必到。 15 [PHRASE 短语](用以强调命令或承诺)一定，必须 You use without fail to emphasize an order or a promise. [PHR with cl] [emphasis] 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。
Oxford	fail ★ / feɪl ; NAmE feɪl / verb , noun fail fails failed failing verb ★ not succeed 不成功 1 ★ [intransitive , transitive ] to not be successful in achieving sth 失败；未能（做到） ◆ 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 failin sth ◆ I failed in my attempt to persuade her. 我未能说服她。 failto do sth ◆ She failed to get into art college. 她未能进入艺术学院。 ◆ The song can't failto be a hit (= definitely will be a hit). 这首歌不可能不流行起来。 not do sth 未做某事 2 ★ [intransitive ] to not do sth 未做；未履行（某事） failto 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。 failin sth ◆ He felt he would be failing in his duty if he did not report it. 他认为如果不报告就是他失职。 test/exam 测验；考试 3 ★ [transitive , intransitive ] to not pass a test or an exam; to decide that sb/sth has not passed a test or an exam 不及格；评定不及格 fail(sth) ◆ He failed his driving test. 他驾驶执照考试不及格。 ◆ 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？ failsb ◆ The examiners failed over half the candidates. 主考人员评定，半数以上考生不及格。 OPP pass of machines/parts of body 机器；身体部位 4 [intransitive ] to stop working 出故障；失灵 ◆ The brakes on my bike failed half way down the hill. 我的自行车下山途中车闸失灵了。 of health/sight 健康；视力 5 [intransitive ] ( especially in the progressive tenses 尤用于进行时 ) to become weak 衰退 ◆ 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，他最后几个月的工作大受影响。 disappoint sb 使失望 6 [transitive ] failsb to disappoint sb; to be unable to help when needed 使失望；有负于；无能为力 ◆ When he lost his job, he felt he had failed his family. 他失去工作以后，感到辜负了家庭。 ◆ She tried to be brave, but her courage failed her. 她想勇敢，但却鼓不起勇气。 ◆ ( figurative) Words fail me (= I cannot express how I feel). 我无法表达自己的感受。 not be enough 不足 7 [intransitive ] to not be enough when needed or expected 不足；缺乏 ◆ 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。 of company/business 公司；企业 8 [intransitive ] to be unable to continue 倒闭；破产 ◆ Several banks failed during the recession. 经济衰退期间有几家银行倒闭了。 IDIOM if all else ˈfails used to suggest sth that sb can do if nothing else they have tried is successful 实在不行的话（还可以…） ◆ 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。 noun the result of an exam in which a person is not successful （考试）不及格 ◆ I got three passes and one fail. 我考试三门及格，一门不及格。 OPP pass IDIOM without ˈfail 1 when you tell sb to do sth without fail,you are telling them that they must do it 务必；一定 ◆ I want you here by two o'clock without fail. 我要你两点钟务必来到这里。 2 always 总是；必定 ◆ He emails every week without fail. 他每周必定发电子邮件。 fail / feɪl ; NAmE feɪl /
LDC	fail1 verb fail2 noun fail3 interjection failfail1 /feɪl/ ●●● S2 W1 verb Entry menu Word Origin Verb Table Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases Word family 1not succeed [intransitive] to not succeed in achieving something: It looks likely that the peace talks will fail.fail in He failed in his attempt to regain the world title.fail to do something Doctors failed to save the girl’s life. Millions of people have tried to quit smoking and failed miserably (=been completely unsuccessful). his efforts to save his failing marriage If all else fails, you may be advised to have an operation.2not do something [intransitive] to not do what is expected, needed, or wantedfail to do something The letter failed to arrive. Firms that fail to take advantage of the new technology will go out of business. The government are failing in their duty to protect people.RegisterFail to do something is used mainly in writing and in formal contexts. In everyday English, people usually say do not do something instead: The letter failed to arrive. ➔ The letter didn’t arrive.3exam/test a)[intransitive, transitive] to not pass a test or examination: I failed my driving test the first time I took it. He failed maths but passed all his other subjects. b)[transitive] to decide that someone has not passed a test or examination: Her work was so bad that I had no choice but to fail her.4I fail to see/understand formal used to show that you are annoyed by something that you do not accept or understand: I fail to see why you find it so amusing.5company/business [intransitive] if a company or business fails, it is unable to continue because of a lack of money6machine/body part [intransitive] if a part of a machine or an organ in your body fails, it stops working: The engine failed on take-off. The hospital said that his kidneys were failing.7health [intransitive] if your sight, memory, health etc is failing, it is gradually getting weaker or is not as good as it was: Failing eyesight forced him to retire early.8never fail to do something to do something or happen so regularly that people expect it: My grandson never fails to phone me on my birthday.9your courage/will/nerve fails (you) if your courage etc fails, or if it fails you, you suddenly do not have it when you need it: She had to leave immediately, before her courage failed her.10fail somebody to not do what someone has trusted you to do SYN let somebody down: I feel I’ve failed my children by not spending more time with them.11crops [intransitive] if crops fail, they do not grow or produce food, for example because of bad weather12rains [intransitive] if the rains (=a lot of rain that falls at a particular time each year) fail, they do not come when expected or it does not rain enough → words fail me at word1(29) THESAURUSfail to not succeed – used about people, plans, methods etc: · The plan failed.· They failed to persuade her to change her mind.· This method never fails.go wrong if something you do goes wrong, it fails after starting well: · The experiment went wrong when the chemicals combined to form a poisonous gas.not work if something does not work, it does not do what you want it to do: · The drugs don’t work.· I tried to fix it with glue, but that didn’t work.be unsuccessful /ˌʌnsəkˈsesfəl◂/ to not have the result you wanted: · His first attempt to get a teaching job was unsuccessful.· The search was unsuccessful.be a failure to be unsuccessful, with the result that you have wasted your efforts: · The government’s 5-year plan to modernize the economy was a complete failure.backfire if a plan or action backfires, it does the opposite of what it was intended to do: · His plan to get attention backfired, and instead of being promoted he lost his job.in vain if you try to do something in vain, you fail to do it: · They tried in vain to save him.· All her efforts had been in vain. fail1 verb fail2 noun fail3 interjection failfail2 noun Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases Word family 1without fail a)if you do something without fail, you always do it: Tim visits his mother every day without fail. b)used to tell someone very firmly that they must do something: I want that work finished by tomorrow, without fail!2[countable] an unsuccessful result in a test or examination OPP pass: I got a fail in history.3[countable] informal an occasion when someone is not successful or does something badly: My parenting has included some spectacular fails. fail1 verb fail2 noun fail3 interjection failfail3 interjection informal Collocations Phrases used for saying that someone has failed or done something badly
WDF	fail [feɪl]failed, failing, fails CET4CET6TEM4考研GRE n24157 291 35 101 69 44 42 v808 51921 7810 6485 10858 12986 13782 VERB937 1653646 NOUN14970 24340 Spoken: 81469023 failed[32779] failing[6548] fails[5624] 失败(74%)，不及格(16%)，衰退(5%)，辜负(3%)，放弃(1%)，没做成某事(1%) n.不及格 vi.失败，不及格；破产；缺乏；衰退 vt.不及格；使失望；忘记；舍弃 n.(Fail)人名；(葡、捷)法伊尔；(法)法伊

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