fail
fail 英 [feɪl] 美 [fel]
v. 失败，不及格
进行时:failing 过去式:failed 过去分词:failed 第三人称单数:fails 名词复数:fails
- The verb fail describes something that stops working, like brakes in a car that fail, or is found to be unacceptable, like restaurants that fail their inspection for cleanliness.
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- v. 失败，不及格
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1. 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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2. I failed in my attempt to persuade her.
我未能说服她。
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3. She failed to get into art college.
她未能进入艺术学院。
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4. He failed to keep the appointment.
他未履约。
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5. He failed his driving test.
他驾驶执照考试不及格。
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6. Her eyesight is failing.
她的视力日渐衰退。
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7. She tried to be brave, but her courage failed her.
她想勇敢，但却鼓不起勇气。
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8. The crops failed again last summer.
上个夏季庄稼又歉收了。
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9. He emails every week without fail.
他每周必定发电子邮件。
- 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 (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.
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