fail
美 [feɪl] 
英 [feɪl]
- v.失败；不及格；倒闭；破产
- n.（考试）不及格
- 网络衰退；不合格；不能
词形变化
第三人称单数：fails 现在分词：failing 过去式：failed 反义词
英汉双解
不成功not succeed
1. | [i][t] 失败；未能（做到）to not be successful in achieving sth |
| 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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| I failed in my attempt to persuade her. 我未能说服她。 |
| She failed to get into art college. 她未能进入艺术学院。 |
| 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。 |
未做某事not do sth
2. | [i] 未做；未履行（某事）to not do sth |
| He failed to keep the appointment. 他未履约。 |
| She never fails to email every week. 每周她必定发电子邮件。 |
| I fail to see(= I don't understand) why you won't even give it a try. 我不懂为什么你连试一试都不愿意。 |
| He felt he would be failing in his duty if he did not report it. 他认为如果不报告就是他失职。 |
测验；考试test/exam
3. | [t][i] 不及格；评定不及格to not pass a test or an exam; to decide that sb/sth has not passed a test or an exam |
| He failed his driving test. 他驾驶执照考试不及格。 |
| She was disqualified after failing a drugs test. 她药检未通过，被取消了资格。 |
| What will you do if you fail? 如果你考试失败打算干什么？ |
| The examiners failed over half the candidates. 主考人员评定，半数以上考生不及格。 |
机器；身体部位of machines/parts of body
| The brakes on my bike failed half way down the hill. 我的自行车下山至中途车闸失灵了。 |
健康；视力of health/sight
| Her eyesight is failing. 她的视力日渐衰退。 |
| His last months in office were marred by failing health. 由于健康恶化，他最后几个月的公职工作受到了影响。 |
使失望disappoint sb
6. | [t] ~ sb 使失望；有负于；无能为力to disappoint sb; to be unable to help when needed |
| When he lost his job, he felt he had failed his family. 他失去工作以后，感到辜负了家庭。 |
| She tried to be brave, but her courage failed her. 她想勇敢，但却鼓不起勇气。 |
| Words fail me(= I cannot express how I feel) . 我无法表达自己的感受。 |
不足not be enough
7. | [i] 不足；缺乏to not be enough when needed or expected |
| The crops failed again last summer. 上个夏季庄稼又歉收了。 |
| The rains had failed and the rivers were dry. 雨量不足，河流干涸。 |
公司；企业of company/business
8. | [i] 倒闭；破产to be unable to continue |
| Several banks failed during the recession. 经济衰退期间有几家银行倒闭了。 |
1. | （考试）不及格the result of an exam in which a person is not successful |
| I got three passes and one fail. 我考试三门及格，一门不及格。 |
习惯用语
if all else fails
实在不行的话（还可以…）used to suggest sth that sb can do if nothing else they have tried is successful
| 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。 |
without fail
务必；一定when you tell sb to do sthwithout fail , you are telling them that they must do it
| I want you here by two o'clock without fail. 我要你两点钟务必来到这里。 |
| He emails every week without fail. 他每周必定发电子邮件。 |
英汉解释
v. | 5. (健康等)衰退,衰弱,停止作用;(水)断,风(停) 7. (考试)失败,不及格;〈口〉(考试人)不录取(考生),把(考生)评为不及格 |
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英英解释
例句
And if you've done everything In your power , and still "fail" -- The truth of the matter is That you haven't failed at all.
而且如果你已经做每件事物在你的支配下，和静止的“不及格”--物质的事实是你一点也还没有失败。
He said that under normal circumstances he would be willing to see struggling companies fail.
他说，在正常情况下，他会愿意看到陷入困境的公司垮掉。
When the assertions fail, it becomes very important to provide error messages that are easy to understand.
当断言失败时，非常有必要提供易于理解的错误消息。
Robertson said sperm was more likely to fail if the woman had not previously been exposed to that man's semen for at least three months.
罗伯逊说，如果女方事先接触男方精液的时间达不到至少三个月，那么男方精子不能致孕的可能性更大。
When new technology ventures fail, it tends to be as units of large corporations, rather than as standalone companies.
当新技术风险企业失败时，往往是作为大企业的子公司，而不是作为独立的公司。
Unfortunately, this required rescuing many companies considered "too big to fail" that individually did not deserve to be saved.
遗憾的是，这需要对许多被认为“规模太大而不能倒”的公司进行纾困，就单个公司而言，它们并不值得挽救。
It is no doubt true that many fail to understand the details of Tibetan history.
无疑，很多人并不了解西藏历史详情。
it is much safer for a prince to be feared than loved loved, if he is to fail in one of the two.
如果他二者只能取其一，那么对一个君王而言，被人害怕比被人喜爱更安全。
He was not such a fool as to fail to see that point.
他并不是连那一点都看不出来的傻瓜。
The world looks to you today with regard to Geneva. I believe it would be a grave mistake and a blow to peace if it were allowed to fail.
我相信，如果会判破裂的话，那将会是一个严重的错误，也是对和平的巨大冲击。
Two out of every three black marriages fail, about twice the rate of white marriages.
有三分之二的黑人婚姻最终告以破裂，其离婚率是白人的两倍。
A second alarm bell rings when you fail in trying to reuse an apparently reusable piece of code.
第二个报警电铃环中重用段显然可重用代码尝试失败时。
But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted.
然而，在其创造的最后阶段，我们在天之父的力量不可能衰竭不济。
Muddling through by trying to resurrect a failed banking system, which will likely fail again, is not the answer.
试着救活已经失败并很可能再次失败的金融系统，这样胡乱应对的方案是行不通的。
And you know that even in the best marriages and romantic relationships, we sometimes fail to tell the truth.
而你也清楚，即便是最美好的婚姻，最浪漫的两性关系，我们有时候也无法说实话。
If the commission and Mr Van Rompuy fail to press these points, they will be dancing around the heart of the matter.
如果委员会和范龙佩先生没有踩到这些点，那他们就始终是在核心问题周边徘徊。
Suddenly, I began to question the impossible. Maybe I might fail, but what's the point in not trying?
突然之间，我开始探寻不可能的事。我可能会失败，但是如果不去尝试又有何意义呢？
But she says politicians generally fail to live up to their promises, and the European Union overall seems unable to agree on anything.
但是她说，政治家通常都不能兑现他们的诺言，而且整个欧盟似乎都无法就任何事情达成一致。
The stirring up of these lugubrious ideas did not cause his courage to fail, but his brain grow weary.
那么多愁惨的想法在心里起伏，他的勇气并不减少，但是他的脑子疲乏了。
Historically, they fail to see that private land ownership is refutable and that collective land ownership can work well.
在历史层面，他们没有看到土地私有制度是可以证伪的，没有看到土地集体所有也可以发展得很好。
Nor could any such spectator fail to know in his own breast, that these men, through their very delusions, showed great qualities.
任何一个观察者也决不会内心里不知道，这些人正由于他们的种种幻想而表现出一些崇高的品质。
Time would fail me to tell of it.
没有那么多的时间去谈。
She suspected and feared that this defendant would fail her.
她疑心并且深怕这个被告会负心。
But you think you will fail.
但你认为你们办不到。
Some people look upon marriage as a short cut that way, but it has been known to fail.
有人把婚姻视为达到这一目的的捷径，然而，众所周知，它是行不通的。
In a few hours the light would fail.
再过些时候，阳光就要消失了。
The very first time you fail to spin the five skeins, next day your head will be cut off.
哪一天你纺不足5绞线，第二天你就得掉脑袋。
It was disappointing to fail of winning the contract.
未能赢得合同，令人失望。
He laid down ten dollars that his brother would fail in the examination.
他赌10美元，他兄弟考试会不及格。
The committee met weekly without fail during the period March 19 to May 8.
从3月19日到5月8日这段期间，委员会每周开会，从未间断。
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。
Miss another class and you'll fail.
你再缺一次课就会不及格了。
Speaking of me, I'm not the General Assembly, to comfort people, and only someone comfort me, hey, think, I really fail.
说到我，我也不大会去安慰人的，只有别人安慰我，哎，想想，我还真失败。
At a conference in London several leading bankers criticised new proposals for regulating banks that are "too big to fail" .
在伦敦的一次会议上，几位主要的银行家批评关于监管几家“大而不倒”的银行的新提议。
"Mainstream" model tends to fail in the long run without appropriate supporting structural changes.
如果没有适宜的结构变革支持，“主流”类型最后会趋于失败。
The regulator will also be keeping a watchful eye: to award a banking licence and then see that business fail would be calamitous.
监管机构应始终保持警惕：在授予银行执照时，以及警惕银行经营不善而带来的灾难性后果。
People spend countless hours and dollars each year trying to get rid of these bad habits but often fail.
人们每年都花费无数的时间和钱尝试去改掉坏毛病但是经常失败。
Though it seemed to be the wildest dream beyond fulfillment, she did see what we, born with sight, fail to see.
尽管这是个无法实现的遥远的梦想，但她的确看见了我们看不见的。
Also needed, he said, is reform of securities markets and to put in place measures to wind down financial companies that fail.
他说，还需要对证券市场进行改革，制定一些逐步淘汰破产金融企业的措施。
I will spend the rest of the night scrolling through the alphabet in an attempt to come up with your name. If I fail, there's always Google.
接下来一整晚我就得靠字母表打发时间了就不信拼不出你的名字.要是这样不行还有google帮忙呢。
In spite of my too much hard work on this course, the high demand of this course tends to make me fail to obtain its recorgonition.
这种课程要求很高，虽然我为之付出太多的努力，恐怕也难得到基本的认可。
Another way, in which life could fail to develop to an intelligent stage, would be if an asteroid or comet were to collide with the planet.
从另一方面考虑，生命未能发展到具有智能的阶段，是否可能是小行星或彗星与行星发生了碰撞。
When you realise that you can't do nothing but give your all for the club. If you fail to do that you can't look yourself in the mirror.
我明白了，对于这支球队，你除了全身心奉献，再无旁者可言，如果你不这样做，你甚至无法面对镜中的自己。
Should such negotiations fail, such dispute may be referred to the Court having jurisdiction on such dispute for settlement.
如果协商未果，可将争议提交有管辖权的法院解决。
Therefore, may you all try to understand this point without fail.
因此，希望你们对这一点都能理解无误。
As such, he might become one of many MIT graduates who go on to form companies that fail.
这样一来，他可能成为麻省理工毕业生中开公司而最终以失败告终的一员。
Ulysses' main transmitter no longer works and its back-up systems are also beginning to fail.
尤里西斯的主传送机已经坏了，后备系统也开始出问题。
In his later years, as he body began to fail him, Ackbar came out retirement from his home at the Heurkea Floating City on Mon Calamari.
阿克巴晚年虽然身体欠佳，但还是重新出山，离开了他在蒙卡拉马里星球赫基漂浮城的家。
London mayor Boris Johnson, on British satirical game show "Have I Got News for You" in 2003: "I could not fail to disagree with you less. "
第十名，伦敦市长波里斯•强森，2003年他在英国的讽刺性智力竞赛节目《我带来的新闻》中说：“我不能给你更少的反对意见了。”
But it would be easy to overstate both the problems facing Ms Rousseff and the odds that she will fail to solve them.
不过罗塞夫所面临的问题很容易被夸大，而对她能顺利解决问题的可能性则信心不足。
If it were to fail, it would be the largest U. S. bank to collapse in 2009.
如果它倒闭了，那么2009年将是美国最大银行崩溃的时候。
Victoria: But plenty of people will expect me to fail. And there are even more trying to take advantage of my youth and inexperience .
维多利亚：但是很多人都巴望着我失败，甚至更多人在利用我的年轻及经验的不足。
