| 单词 | fail |
| 释义 | fail (once / 29 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v 5v 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. The verb fail comes from the Old French word faillir, meaning “be lacking,” “miss,” or “not succeed.” You can fail an exam, which means you didn't get at least a minimum number of points to pass. You can fail to live up to your potential, meaning you aren't able to meet expectations. When businesses fail, it means financial problems force them to close. WORD FAMILYfail: failed, failing, fails, failure+/failing: failings, unfailing/failure: failures/unfailing: unfailingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe company says its investigation of the Sept. 1 explosion found that a tank failed within the larger, second-stage liquid oxygen tank. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) And while the win can’t be discredited, the fashion in which it happened failed to provide much confidence. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The gas tax effort failed, earning the ire of the state chamber. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v be unable I fail to understand your motives Ant bring off, carry off, manage, negociate, pull off be successful; achieve a goal 2v fail to do something; leave something undone 2She 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 Syn|Hypo neglect lose track fail to keep informed or aware strike output out or be put out by a strikeout default, default onfail to pay up chokefail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation mufffail to catch, as of a ball missfail to attend an event or activity fanstrike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) whiffstrike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third cut, skipintentionally fail to attend 1v 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 Syn bomb, flunk, flush it fail to get a passing grade 2v judge unacceptable The teacher failed six students Syn|Ant|Hyper bomb, flunk, flush it fail to get a passing grade pass accept or judge as acceptable evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 3v fail to get a passing grade 3She studied hard but failed nevertheless Did I fail the test? Syn|Ant bomb, flunk, flush it make it, pass go successfully through a test or a selection process 1v stop operating or functioning The engine failed on the way to town Syn|Hypo|Hyper break, break down, conk out, die, give out, give way, go, go bad break render inoperable or ineffective buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff itpass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life crash, go down stop operating blow, blow out, burn outmelt, break, or become otherwise unusable misfirefail to fire or detonate malfunction, misfunctionfail to function or function improperly jamget stuck and immobilized change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 2v be unsuccessful Where do today's public schools fail? The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably Syn|Ant|Hypo go wrong, miscarry bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win attain success or reach a desired goal take it on the chin undergo failure or defeat missfail to reach or get to overreachfail by aiming too high or trying too hard ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoilmake a mess of, destroy or ruin strike outbe unsuccessful in an endeavor fallsuffer defeat, failure, or ruin shipwrecksuffer failure, as in some enterprise fall flat, fall through, flop, founderfail utterly; collapse 3v prove insufficient The water supply for the town failed after a long drought Syn give out, run out 4v become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close 4A number of banks failed that year v disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake 5His sense of smell failed him this time His strength finally failed him His children failed him in the crisis Syn|Hyper betray disappoint, let down fail to meet the hopes or expectations of v get worse Hyper decline, worsen grow worse |
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