1 VERB 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. 失败;未能够;未做成
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The Workers' Party failed to win a single governorship. [VERB to-infinitive]
劳工党连一个州长职位也未能赢得。
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He failed in his attempt to take control of the company. [VERB + in]
他试图掌控公司,但以失败告终。
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Many of us have tried to lose weight and failed miserably. [VERB]
我们中很多人都努力要减肥,无奈均以惨败告终。
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The truth is, I'm a failed comedy writer really. [VERB-ed]
事实上,我真的是个很失败的喜剧作家。
2 VERB (活动、尝试、计划等)失败,不成功 If an activity, attempt, or plan fails, it is not successful. (活动、尝试、计划等)失败,不成功
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We tried to develop plans for them to get along, which all failed miserably. [VERB]
我们试图计划让他们好好相处,但均以惨败告终。
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He was afraid the revolution they had started would fail. [VERB]
他担心他们发起的大变革会遭遇失败。
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After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island. [VERB-ed]
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。
SYN be unsuccessful, founder, fall flat, come to nothing
3 VERB 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. 没有做,未做(应做的事) [formal]
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Some schools fail to set any homework. [VERB to-infinitive]
有些学校没有布置任何作业。
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He failed to file tax returns for 1982. [VERB to-infinitive]
他没有呈报 1982 年的纳税申报单。
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The bomb failed to explode. [VERB to-infinitive]
炸弹没有爆炸。
4 VERB 出故障;失灵 If something fails, it stops working properly, or does not do what it is supposed to do. 出故障;失灵
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The lights mysteriously failed, and we stumbled around in complete darkness. [VERB]
灯不知怎么地不亮了,我们在一片黑暗中跌跌撞撞地走着。
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In fact many food crops failed because of the drought. [VERB]
实际上,因为干旱,很多粮食作物歉收。
SYN wither, perish, sag, droop
5 VERB (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. (企业)倒闭,破产;(机构)解体;(体系)崩溃 [business]
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So far this year, 104 banks have failed. [VERB]
今年到目前为止,已有 104 家银行倒闭。
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...a failed hotel business. [VERB-ed]
破产的酒店
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Who wants to buy a computer from a failing company? [VERB-ing]
谁愿意从一家要倒闭的公司买计算机呢?
SYN go bankrupt, crash, collapse, fold [informal]
6 VERB (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. (健康状况、体质等)衰弱,虚弱,衰退
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He was 58, and his health was failing rapidly. [VERB]
他 58 岁,身体正在迅速衰老。
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Here in the hills, the light failed more quickly. [VERB]
在山区这儿,天黑得更快。
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An apparently failing memory is damaging for a national leader. [VERB-ing]
明显的记忆力衰退对一个国家领导人来说极为不利。
SYN decline, fade, weaken, deteriorate
7 VERB 辜负;使失望 If someone fails you, they do not do what you had expected or trusted them to do. 辜负;使失望
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We waited twenty-one years, don't fail us now. [VERB noun]
我们等了 21 年了,如今不要让我们失望。
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...communities who feel that the political system has failed them. [VERB noun]
对此套政治体制感到失望的群体
SYN disappoint, abandon, desert, neglect
8 VERB 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. 不履行,未尽(职责)
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Lawyers are accused of failing in their duties to advise clients of their rights. [VERB in noun]
律师们被控未尽到告知当事人其正当权利的职责。
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If we did not report what was happening in the country, we would be failing in our duty. [VERB + in]
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 (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. (品质或能力)有负于;(使)不如愿;不够
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For once, the artist's fertile imagination failed him. [VERB noun]
这位画家丰富的想象力曾一度枯竭。
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Their courage failed a few steps short and they came running back. [VERB]
还差几步他们却胆怯了,又跑回来了。
10 VERB 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 不及格
11 VERB 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. 评定…不及格;使不及格
12 PHRASE 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. 如果其他一切都不奏效的话;假如其他都行不通
13 PHRASE [PHRASE wh] (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. (用以表示不赞成)不明白,看不出 [formal]
14 PHRASE 总是;一直 You use without fail to emphasize that something always happens. 总是;一直 [emphasis] [emphasis]
SYN without exception, regularly, constantly, invariably
15 PHRASE (用以强调命令或承诺)一定,必须 You use without fail to emphasize an order or a promise. (用以强调命令或承诺)一定,必须
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