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| 1 | I to be unsuccessful when you try to do something 失败 |
| Most people who try to lose weight fail dismally. 大多数想减肥的人都无比沮丧地失败了 |
| fail to do sth They have failed to come up with any practical solutions. 他们没有提出任何切合实际的解决办法。 |
| +in He failed in his attempt to get compensation. 他争取赔偿的努力失败了。 |
| | 1a | used about actions or plans （行动或计划）不成功，失败 | | Attempts to revive him failed. 把他救活的努力失败了。 | | It looks as if the negotiations are going to fail. 谈判似乎要失败了。 | |
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| 2 | I to not do something that people expect you to do 未能做（应做的事） |
| He failed to come home at the usual time. 他没有在通常的时间回家。 |
| fail in your duty/obligation The government is failing in its duty to protect people. 政府没能尽到保护民众的责任。 |
| | 2a | T if someone fails you , they do not do what they promised or what you trusted them to do 令…失望；辜负…的信任 | | He felt he had failed his team-mates. 他觉得辜负了队友们的信任。 | | The political system has failed us. 这种政治制度令我们感到失望。 | |
| | 2b | used for emphasizing that someone or something always does something that you expect them to do （表示强调）总是 | | This recipe never fails to impress people. 这道菜总是会令人称羡。 | | You never fail to astonish me! 你总是令我惊讶！ | |
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| 3 | I/T to be unsuccessful in achieving a satisfactory level or standard 未能达到；未能通过；未能及格 |
| The new plane failed a safety test. 那架新飞机未能通过安全检测。 |
| She failed all her exams. 她各门考试都不及格。 |
| +on I failed on the written part of my driving test. 我的驾驶执照考试的笔试部分未能及格。 |
| | 3a | T to decide that someone or something has not achieved a satisfactory score or standard 评定…不及格；判定…未达标 | | Examiners failed nearly 30% of the candidates. 考官判定差不多30%的考生不及格。 | |
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| 4 | I if something such as a machine or an organ in your body fails, it no longer works correctly （机器或身体器官）失灵，出毛病 |
| The brakes failed and the van crashed into a tree. 刹车失灵，货车撞到了树上。 |
| | 4a | if someone’ s health is failing , they are becoming weak and less able to do things （身体）变差，变虚弱 | |
| | 4b | if something such as a business or a relationship fails, it has a lot of problems and can no longer continue （企业）破产；（关系）破裂 | | If interest rates go up, more small businesses will fail. 如果利率提高，更多小企业就会破产。 | |
| | 4c | if crops fail , they do not finish growing and cannot be used for food （农作物）歉收 | |
| | 4d | if the rains fail , it does not rain during the usual season or time of the year （雨水）不足，缺少 | |
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| 5 | T mainly literary if a quality or ability fails you , you suddenly lose it （品质或能力）突然失去，突然丧失 |
| At the last minute, her courage failed her. 在最后关头，她失去了勇气。 |
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| - | I fail to see/understand spoken formal
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| used for saying in an annoyed way that you do not understand something |
| （表示恼怒）我不明白，我不理解 |
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| I fail to see why anybody would marry a man like that. 我不明白为什么有人愿意嫁给那样的人。 |
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| - | if all else fails
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| used for saying that , if other methods do not succeed , there is one last thing that you can try to do |
| 如果别无他法 |
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| If all else fails she can ask her father for money. 如果别无他法，她可以向她父亲要钱。 |
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| Words frequently used with fail | | fail 的常见搭配词 | | adverbs | abysmally, completely, dismally, miserably, narrowly, | 1 | | nouns | attempt, bid, mission, plan, | 1 | | | |
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