fail
英[fe?l]
美[fel]
- vi. 失敗，不及格；破產；缺乏；衰退
- vt. 不及格；使失望；忘記；舍棄
- n. 不及格
- n. (Fail)人名；(葡、捷)法伊爾；(法)法伊
英英釋意
- 1. 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"
- 2. be unsuccessful;
- "Where do today's public schools fail?"
- "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
- 3. 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"
- 4. stop operating or functioning;
- "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"
- 5. be unable;
- "I fail to understand your motives"
- 6. judge unacceptable;
- "The teacher failed six students"
- 7. fail to get a passing grade;
- "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"
- "Did I fail the test?"
- 8. 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"
- 9. become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close;
- "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"
- "A number of banks failed that year"
- 10. prove insufficient;
- "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
- 11. get worse;
- "Her health is declining"