fails

美 [feɪlz]英 [feɪlz]
  • v.失败;未能(做到);不及格;未履行(某事);未做;评定不及格
  • fail的第三人称单数
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  • 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.

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

    劳工党连一个州长职位也未能赢得。

  • 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.

    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。

  • 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.

    Some schools fail to set any homework...

    有些学校没有布置任何作业。

  • 4
    VERB 出故障;失灵
    If something fails, it stops working properly, or does not do what it is supposed to do.

    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。

  • 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.

    So far this year, 104 banks have failed.

    今年到目前为止,已有 104 家银行倒闭。

  • 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.

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

    他 58 岁,身体正在迅速衰老。

  • 7
    VERB 辜负;使失望
    If someone fails you, they do not do what you had expected or trusted them to do.

    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。

  • 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.

    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。

  • 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.

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

    这位画家丰富的想象力曾一度枯竭。

  • 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.

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

    我总是担心期末考试不及格。

  • 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.

    ...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 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.

    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 (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.

    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 总是;一直
    You use without fail to emphasize that something always happens.

    He attended every meeting without fail.

    他逢会必到。

  • 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.

    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。

  1. If Plan A fails , go to Plan B.

    假如第一方案失败了,就执行第二方案。

  2. If he fails , he 'll drag us all down with him .

    要是他失败了,他会使我们大家连同他一起毁掉的。

  3. The number of people who fail each year is now in single figures .

    每年考试不及格的学生现在不足十人。

  4. I fail to see why you won 't even give it a try .

    我不懂为什么你连试一试都不愿意。

  5. Me ? Fail ? I don 't think so .

    我?失败?我可不这样认为。

  6. I got three passes and one fail .

    我考试三门及格,一门不及格。

  7. I fail to see what women find so fascinating about him .

    我就看不出他哪一点使女人神魂颠倒。

  8. I fail to see the logic behind his argument .

    我不明白支持他论据的是什么逻辑。

  9. I didn 't fail the exam ; in fact I did rather well !

    我没有考不及格,事实上,我考得不错!

  10. Miss another class and you 'll fail .

    你再缺一次课就会不及格了。

  11. About 10 % of trainees fail to make the grade .

    接受培训的人大约有10%未达标。

  12. She never fails to email every week .

    每周她必定发电子邮件。

  13. The song can 't fail to be a hit .

    这首歌不可能不流行起来。

  14. Mothers who are depressed sometimes fail to bond with their children .

    患忧郁症的母亲有时无法和孩子建立亲子关系。

  15. The light was beginning to fail .

    天色渐暗。

  16. The private lives of movie stars never fail to fascinate .

    电影明星的私生活总为人所津津乐道。

  17. The project could fail if there is inadequate follow-through .

    如果缺少恰当的后续行动,该项目可能失败。

  18. In public he supported the official policy , but privately he was sure it would fail .

    他明里支持这项官方政策,但暗中却相信它会失败。

  19. The novel fails to achieve narrative continuity .

    这部小说叙述不连贯。

  20. A number of Britain 's beaches fail to meet European standards on cleanliness .

    英国有几处海滩不符合欧洲的清洁标准。

  21. 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。

  22. Many diets fail because they are boring .

    许多规定饮食因单调乏味都不奏效。

  23. She was fearful that she would fail .

    她生怕失败。

  24. What will you do if you fail ?

    如果你考试失败打算干什么?

  25. Words fail me .

    我无法用语言来表达我的感受。

  26. Words fail me .

    我无法表达自己的感受。

  27. The Grand Canyon never fails to impress .

    大峡谷永远让人叹为观止。

  28. One possible solution , if all else fails , is to take legal action

    如果其他办法都不行,还有一种可能是提起诉讼。

  29. Take the money to your office without fail , first thing in the morning

    早上第一件事是一定要把钱拿到办公室去。

  30. The State fails to recognize the heavy responsibility that parents take on

    政府没有认识到家长所承担的重大责任。