英汉词典

fail 基本解释

• vi. 失败，不及格；破产；缺乏；衰退
• vt. 不及格；使失望；忘记；舍弃
• n. 不及格
• n. (Fail)人名；(葡、捷)法伊尔；(法)法伊

fail 词态变化

fail 中文词源

来自拉丁语fallo, 欺骗，陷落，词源同fallacy, false, fault. 进一步来自PIE*ghwel, 欺骗。引申词义被骗，失败。

fail 英文词源

fail

fail: [13] Fail, fallacy [15], fallible, false, and fault all come ultimately from the same source – the Latin verb fallere. This originally meant ‘deceive’, but it developed semantically to ‘deceive someone’s hopes, disappoint someone’, and in its Vulgar Latin descendant *fallīre this meaning had progressed to ‘be defective, fail’. English acquired the word via Old French faillir. Its Anglo-Norman form, failer, came to be used as a noun, and is the source of English failure [17].
=> faliacy, fallible, false, fault

fail (v.)

c. 1200, "be unsuccessful in accomplishing a purpose;" also "cease to exist or to function, come to an end;" early 13c. as "fail in expectation or performance," from Old French falir "be lacking, miss, not succeed; run out, come to an end; err, make a mistake; be dying; let down, disappoint" (11c., Modern French faillir), from Vulgar Latin *fallire, from Latin fallere "to trip, cause to fall;" figuratively "to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, elude; fail, be lacking or defective." Related: Failed; failing.

Replaced Old English abreoðan. From c. 1200 as "be unsuccessful in accomplishing a purpose;" also "cease to exist or to function, come to an end;" early 13c. as "fail in expectation or performance." From mid-13c. of food, goods, etc., "to run short in supply, be used up;" from c. 1300 of crops, seeds, land. From c. 1300 of strength, spirits, courage, etc., "suffer loss of vigor; grow feeble;" from mid-14c. of persons. From late 14c. of material objects, "break down, go to pieces."

fail (n.)

late 13c., "failure, deficiency" (as in without fail), from Old French faile "deficiency," from falir (see fail (v.)). The Anglo-French form of the verb, failer, also came to be used as a noun, hence failure.

fail 词组搭配

fail 英文释义

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"

2. be unsuccessful;

"Where do today's public schools fail?"

"The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

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"

4. stop operating or functioning;

"The engine finally went"

"The car died on the road"

"The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"

"The coffee maker broke"

"The engine failed on the way to town"

"her eyesight went after the accident"

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?"

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;

"The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"

"A number of banks failed that year"

10. prove insufficient;

"The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"

11. get worse;

"Her health is declining"

fail 双语例句

1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。

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2. Many of Britain's beaches fail to meet minimum standards of cleanliness.

英国许多海滩连最起码的卫生标准都达不倒。

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3. The various elements of the novel fail to cohere.

这部小说的各部分之间缺乏连贯性。

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4. Those who fail incline to blame the world for their failure.

那些失败者往往将他们的失败归咎于社会。

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5. This magnificent church cannot fail to stop you in your tracks.

这座宏伟的教堂一定会让你止步赞叹。

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fail 实用场景例句

Many diets fail because they are boring.

许多规定饮食因单调乏味都不奏效。

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a failing school

一所失败的学校

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She failed to get into art college.

她未能进入艺术学院。

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The song can't fail to be a hit (= definitely will be a hit) .

这首歌不可能不流行起来。

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I failed in my attempt to persuade her.

我未能说服她。

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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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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。

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He attended every meeting without fail.

他逢会必到。

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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。

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I lived in fear of failing my end-of-term exams.

我总是担心期末考试不及格。

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...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

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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。

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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。

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For once, the artist's fertile imagination failed him...

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.

还差几步他们却胆怯了，又跑回来了。

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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。

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So far this year, 104 banks have failed.

今年到目前为止，已有 104 家银行倒闭。

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...a failed hotel business...

破产的酒店

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He was 58, and his health was failing rapidly...

他 58 岁，身体正在迅速衰老。

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Here in the hills, the light failed more quickly...

在山区这儿，天黑得更快。

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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。

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...communities who feel that the political system has failed them.

对此套政治体制感到失望的群体

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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。

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The Workers' Party failed to win a single governorship...

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...

他试图掌控公司，但以失败告终。

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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。

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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。

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Some schools fail to set any homework...

有些学校没有布置任何作业。

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He failed to file tax returns for 1982...

他没有呈报 1982 年的纳税申报单。

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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。

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