intransitive. To fail. rare.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] (134) withsitc1330 intransitive. To fail. rare. fail1340 intransitive. To be unsuccessful in an attempt or enterprise. Const. to with infinitive; also in. Said of persons; occasionally of the means. defaulta1382 intransitive. To become weak, to faint; (also) to fail. Obsolete. errc1430 To fail, miss; also, to err from (a mark or proposed end): to miss, fail to strike. rare. to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 to fall (also go) by the wayside: to fail to stay the course, to drop out; to become superseded or neglected. misthrive1567 intransitive. To be unsuccessful; to fail to thrive. miss1599 intransitive. Of a person, a plan, etc.: to be unsuccessful, fail. Now rare. to come bad, or no, speedc1600 to come (good) speed, to be successful. So to come bad,or no, speed, to be more or less unsuccessful. Scottish. shrink1608 To fail. Obsolete. rare. abortivea1670 intransitive. To miscarry, prove abortive. rare. maroon1717 intransitive. Perhaps: to fail in one's purpose. Obsolete. rare. to flash in the pan1792 to flash in the pan: literal said of a gun, when the priming powder is kindled without igniting the charge; figurative to fail after a showy… skunk1831 intransitive. To fail. Obsolete. to go to the dickens1833 to go to the dickens: to go to ruin; to fail or be ruined completely. Also in constructions with imperative force expressing contemptuous dismissal… to miss fire1838 to miss fire: = misfire, v. to fall flat1841 Wanting in points of attraction and interest; prosaic, dull, uninteresting, lifeless, monotonous… to fall flat (said of a composition, discourse… fizzle1847 figurative. intransitive (chiefly U.S. colloquial). To fail, make a fiasco, come to a lame conclusion; in U.S. College slang, to fail in a… to lose out1858 absol. or intransitive. Originally U.S. to lose out: to be unsuccessful, to fail. to fall down1873 intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To fail, be unsuccessful; to make a mistake. Frequently with on, esp. in to fall down on the job: to fail… to crap out1891 intransitive. to crap out: to be unsuccessful, to lose out, to lose, originally in a game of craps (in early use also transitive (passive) in same… flivver1912 (intransitive) (a) to fail, to come short of success; (b) to travel in a flivver. flop1919 figurative. To collapse, fail (cf. flop, n.1 4c). slang. skid1920 figurative. To follow an incorrect or unprofitable course; to make a mistake, to err or fail. Also of prices, etc.: to fall or decline rapidly. collo… to lay an egg1929 To produce and deposit (an egg). Also absol. Often in figurative contexts. Also figurative phrase to lay an egg, used in various colloquial senses… to blow out1939 intransitive. slang. Of a person: to be unsuccessful, fail; to perform badly. Of a situation, plan, etc.: to fall through, go wrong; to come to… to strike out1946 intransitive. figurative (originally and chiefly U.S.). To fail, be unsuccessful; spec. to fail to attract a sexual partner. Cf. strike-out n. at… bomb1963 intransitive. To fail. Also const. out. slang (originally U.S.). to come (also have) a buster1968 Australian and New Zealand. A heavy fall; = burster, n. 1c. Frequently in to come (also have) a buster: = to come a cropper at cropper, n.3 Also figur… Subcategories:— specifically of an action or plan (7) — specifically of persons (18) — start unsuccessfully (2) — fail to do something (1) — fail through vacillation (1) — fail to reach goal or objective (8) — fail to maintain a level of achievement (2) — achieve less than possible (1) — do less than expected or required (1) — fail or fall short (7) — fail or collapse (of institution, etc.) (2) — go wrong (14) — melt or burn out (1) — come to grief (19) — collapse or come to nothing (18) — be finished or ruined (2) — ruin a person's plans or undertaking (2) |
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