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单词 failing
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Failing
nnoun.statea flaw or weak point
Synset:weakness
Examples:
  • he was quick to point out his wife's failings
Derivationally Related Form:weakfail
Hypernyms:imperfection imperfectness
Inherited Hypernyms:failingimperfectionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:fatigueflawinadequacyinsufficiency
Full Hyponyms:
fatigueflawinsufficiencytragic flaw
nnoun.actfailure to reach a minimum required performance
Synset:flunk
Examples:
  • his failing the course led to his disqualification
  • he got two flunks on his report
Antonyms:passing
Derivationally Related Form:fail
Hypernyms:failure
Inherited Hypernyms:failingfailurenonaccomplishmentacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.socialfail to do something; leave something undone
Synset:fail neglect
Examples:
  • 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
Derivationally Related Form:neglectfailure
Inherited Hypernyms:fail
Direct Hyponyms:chokedefaultdefault onlose trackmissmuffstrike out
Full Troponyms:bunk offchokecutdefaultfanlose trackmissmuffstrike outwhiff
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE
vverb.socialbe unsuccessful
Synset:fail go wrong miscarry
Examples:
  • Where do today's public schools fail?
  • The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably
Antonyms:succeed
Derivationally Related Form:failuremiscarriage
Inherited Hypernyms:fail
Direct Hyponyms:ball upblowbobblebodgebollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbotchbotch upbumblebunglefallfall flatfall throughflopflubflufffoul upfounderfuck upfumblelouse upmess upmishandlemissmuck upmuffoverreachscrew upshipwreckspoilstrike outtake it on the chin
Full Troponyms:botchfallfall throughmissoverreachshipwreckstrike outtake it on the chin
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.emotiondisappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
Synset:betray fail
Examples:
  • His sense of smell failed him this time
  • His strength finally failed him
  • His children failed him in the crisis
Hypernyms:disappoint let down
Inherited Hypernyms:faildisappointthwartprevent
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.changestop operating or functioning
Synset:break break down conk out die fail give out give way go go bad
Examples:
  • The engine finally went
  • The car died on the road
  • The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
  • The coffee maker broke
  • The engine failed on the way to town
  • her eyesight went after the accident
Derivationally Related Form:breakablefailurebreakdown
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:failchange
Direct Hyponyms:blowblow outburn outcrashgo downmalfunctionmisfiremisfunction
Full Troponyms:blow outcrashjammalfunctionmisfire
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | These cars won't --- (apply to: conk out, go, break, give out, fail, break down, die)
vverb.socialbe unable
Examples:
  • I fail to understand your motives
Antonyms:manage
Inherited Hypernyms:fail
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE
vverb.socialjudge unacceptable
Examples:
  • The teacher failed six students
Antonyms:pass
Derivationally Related Form:failing
Hypernyms:evaluate judge pass judgment
Inherited Hypernyms:failevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.socialfail to get a passing grade
Synset:bomb fail flunk flush it
Examples:
  • She studied hard but failed nevertheless
  • Did I fail the test?
Antonyms:pass
Derivationally Related Form:failingbomb
Inherited Hypernyms:fail
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s
vverb.socialfall short in what is expected
Examples:
  • She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law
  • We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust
Derivationally Related Form:failingfailure
Inherited Hypernyms:fail
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.possessionbecome bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
Examples:
  • The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor
  • A number of banks failed that year
Derivationally Related Form:failure
Inherited Hypernyms:fail
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.changeprove insufficient
Synset:fail give out run out
Examples:
  • The water supply for the town failed after a long drought
Inherited Hypernyms:fail
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changeget worse
Examples:
  • Her health is declining
Hypernyms:decline worsen
Inherited Hypernyms:failworsenchange statechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
adj satadj.allbelow acceptable in performance
Examples:
  • received failing grades
Antonyms:satisfactory
Inherited Hypernyms:failing
Similar to:unsatisfactory
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