| 释义 |
Adjective: failing feyling- Below acceptable in performance
"received failing grades"
Noun: failing feyling- A flaw or weak point
"he was quick to point out his wife's failings"
- weakness - Failure to reach a minimum required performance
"his failing the course led to his disqualification"
- flunk
Verb: fail feyl- 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"
- neglect - Be unsuccessful
"Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
- go wrong, miscarry - 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"
- betray - Stop operating or functioning
"The engine failed on the way to town"
- go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down - Be unable
"I fail to understand your motives" - Judge unacceptable
"The teacher failed six students" - Fail to get a passing grade
"She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
- flunk, bomb, flush it - 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" - Become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
"A number of banks failed that year" - Prove insufficient
"The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
- run out, give out - Get worse
Derived forms: failings See also: failure, unsatisfactory Type of: change, decline, disappoint, evaluate, failure, imperfection, imperfectness, judge, let down, pass judgment, worsen Antonym: manage, pass, passing, succeed Encyclopedia: Fail |