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fail vi.失败；没做成某事；表现欠佳；用完；衰退vt.辜负；放弃；缺少；不及格n.不及格；没做成 (1) 我们必须齐心协力,否则我们的计划就会失败。(2) 他从来没有忘记每周给母亲写信。(3) 他这么用功，结果竟然考场失利。(4) 在干旱期供水不足(5) 随着年纪越来越大,她的视力开始下降。(6) 你的表现辜负了教练的期望,他认为你本可以做得更好一些。(7) 他是想举起那个沉重的箱子,不过力气不行。(8) 面对着如此美景,我找不到词语来表达我的心情了。(9) 他历史考试不及格，其他科目都通过了。(10) 他每个星期天的晚上必定会给我打电话。 The verb fail comes from the Old French word faillir, meaning “be lacking,” “miss,” or “not succeed.” You can fail an exam, which means you didn't get at least a minimum number of points to pass. You can fail to live up to your potential, meaning you aren't able to meet expectations. When businesses fail, it means financial problems force them to close.

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英 [feɪl] 美 [feɪl] (1) We must hang together,or our plan will fail.(2) He never fails to write to his mother every week.(3) He studied hard only to fail in the exam.(4) The water supply failed during the drought.(5) As she is getting older, her sight is beginning to fail.(6) Your performance failed your coach who thought that you could have done better.(7) He wanted to lift the heavy box, but his strength failed him.(8) Words fail me right at the sight of this beautiful scenery.(9) He got a fail in history and passes in other subjects.(10) He calls me every Sunday night without fail. The verb fail describes something that stops working, like brakes in a car that fail, or is found to be unacceptable, like restaurants that fail their inspection for cleanliness. 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they had started would fail...他担心他们发起的大变革会遭遇失败。After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island.在一次军事进攻失败之后，所有政府军和警察均从岛上撤离了。3[VERB 动词]没有做，未做(应做的事) If someone or something fails to do a particular thing that they should have done, they do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。

英语单词	fail
英美音标	英 [feɪl] 美 [feɪl]
中文释义	vi.失败；没做成某事；表现欠佳；用完；衰退 vt.辜负；放弃；缺少；不及格 n.不及格；没做成
英语例句	(1) We must hang together,or our plan will fail. (2) He never fails to write to his mother every week. (3) He studied hard only to fail in the exam. (4) The water supply failed during the drought. (5) As she is getting older, her sight is beginning to fail. (6) Your performance failed your coach who thought that you could have done better. (7) He wanted to lift the heavy box, but his strength failed him. (8) Words fail me right at the sight of this beautiful scenery. (9) He got a fail in history and passes in other subjects. (10) He calls me every Sunday night without fail.
中文例句	(1) 我们必须齐心协力,否则我们的计划就会失败。 (2) 他从来没有忘记每周给母亲写信。 (3) 他这么用功，结果竟然考场失利。 (4) 在干旱期供水不足 (5) 随着年纪越来越大,她的视力开始下降。 (6) 你的表现辜负了教练的期望,他认为你本可以做得更好一些。 (7) 他是想举起那个沉重的箱子,不过力气不行。 (8) 面对着如此美景,我找不到词语来表达我的心情了。 (9) 他历史考试不及格，其他科目都通过了。 (10) 他每个星期天的晚上必定会给我打电话。
vocabulary简明	The verb fail describes something that stops working, like brakes in a car that fail, or is found to be unacceptable, like restaurants that fail their inspection for cleanliness.
vocabulary扩展	The verb fail comes from the Old French word faillir, meaning “be lacking,” “miss,” or “not succeed.” You can fail an exam, which means you didn't get at least a minimum number of points to pass. You can fail to live up to your potential, meaning you aren't able to meet expectations. When businesses fail, it means financial problems force them to close.
柯林斯解释	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。

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