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fail
时间: 2023-06-20 09:56:41
初中高中四级六级考研
英 [feɪl]
美 [feɪl]

v. 失败;忘记做;坏掉;不能正常工作;破产;衰退;消失;舍弃;变弱;在(考试、测验或面试)中不及格

n. 不及格;过失;失败;不良表现

短语搭配
双语例句
  • This fail did not make her lose confidence.

    这次的失败并没有让她失去信心。

  • He eventually failed to complete the task.

    他最终没能完成这项任务。

  • I failed the economics exam this time.

    这次的经济学考试我没有及格。

  • The engine fails. We can't start the car.

    引擎坏了 车子无法启动了

  • He failed in his attempt to break the record.

    他未能打破纪录

  • Did you fail another test? Your father and I are very upset.

    你又考砸了吗? 我和你爸爸都很失望。

  • If she keeps putting off her studies, she’ll fail the test.

    如果她再这么拖延学业,考试就要不及格了。

  • If you put off all your studying, you'll be stressed and fail the exam.

    如果你拖延学习,你就会压力满满,然后挂掉考试。

  • Most startups fail within the first year.

    大多数创业型企业第一年就倒闭了。

  • He needs to study harder for his exams; otherwise, he is going to fail them again.

    他得加倍努力学习准备考试;否则,他又会不及格了。

  • If I don’t get back on track with my studies, I’ll fail my exams.

    如果我不回来好好学习的话,我考试就要挂了。

  • There's a high chance that the pharmaceutical company will face eradication if they fail to raise sales this year.

    如果这家制药公司今年不能提高销售额,就很有可能面临被淘汰的命运。

  • I fail to see the pertinence of these examples.

    我不明白这些例子的相关性。

  • If he's so smart, then why did he fail the test?

    如果他真那么聪明,为什么考试老不及格呢?

  • I must submit my thesis within three days. If I fail to do so, I will not graduate.

    我必须在三天内提交我的论文。做不到的话,就不能毕业。

  • If you fail the test, you can always try again next time.

    如果你考试不通过,下次你还可以再试一次。

  • The company became insolvent shortly after the merger [The company started to fail financially].

    公司在并购后很快就资不抵债了。(公司的财务状况无法支撑下去)

  • Many people try to quit social media. However, more often than not they fail and return to it.

    许多人试图戒掉社交媒体,但大部分时候他们都会失败并再次沉迷其中。

  • Just remember that if you don't indicate your turns you will fail the driving test.

    要记住,如果你不打转向灯,考试肯定过不了。

  • He won't allow himself to fail.

    他不容许自己失败。

  • What will you do if you fail?

    如果你考试失败打算干什么?

  • I got three passes and one fail.

    我考试三门及格,一门不及格。

  • Me? Fail? I don't think so.

    我?失败?我可不这样认为。

  • Miss another class and you'll fail.

    你再缺一次课就会不及格了。

近义词
n.
反义词
同根词

词根 fail

  • failed adj. 已失败的,不成功的 v. 失败,不成功(fail的过去式和过去分词)

  • failing adj. 失败的 n. 失败;缺点,过失;弱点 prep. 如果没有… v. 失败;不及格(fail的ing形式)

  • failure n. 失败;故障;失败者;破产

百科

fail [feil]vi.失败, 不及格, 忘记vt.使失望, 舍弃, 辜负, 不及格n.不及格, 不及格者;必定,总是

释义
v.

be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal

失败

  • he failed in his attempt to secure election

    他想在选举中获胜,但失败了

  • [with infinitive]they failed to be ranked in the top ten.

    他们没能进入前十名。

[with obj.]be unsuccessful in (an examination, test, or interview)

在(考试、测验或面试)中不及格

  • she failed her finals.

    她期末考试不及格。

[with obj.](of a person or a commodity)be unable to meet the standards set by (a test of quality or eligibility)

(人,商品)达不到(质量测试或资格考试)的规定标准

  • a player has failed a drugs test.

    有位球员没能通过药检。

[with obj.]judge (a candidate, especially in an examination) not to have passed

评定(考生等)不及格。

neglect to do something

忘记做

  • [with infinitive]the firm failed to give adequate risk warnings.

    那家公司没有发布足够的风险警告。

[with infinitive]behave in a way contrary to hopes or expectations by not doing something

(出乎预料地)没能,未能

  • commuter chaos has again failed to materialize.

    上下班交通混乱又一次得以避免。

(cannot fail to be/do something)used to express a strong belief that something must be the case

不可能不做某事;一定是那样

  • she cannot have failed to be aware of the situation.

    她不可能不知道这种情况。

(never fail to do something)used to indicate that something invariably happens

总是会做某事

  • such comments never failed to annoy him.

    这样的评论向来都使他生气。

[with obj.]desert or let down (someone)

舍弃;使(某人)失望

  • at the last moment her nerve failed her.

    她在最后一刻失去了勇气。

break down; cease to work well

坏掉,不能正常工作

  • a lorry whose brakes had failed.

    刹车失灵的卡车。

become weaker or of poorer quality; die away

变弱;衰退;消失

  • the light began to fail

    光线开始变暗

  • [as adj. failing]his failing health.

    他每况愈下的健康状况。

(especially of a rain or a crop or supply)be lacking or insufficient when needed or expected

(尤指雨或供应品)不足,缺乏;(作物)歉收。

(of a business or a person)be obliged to cease trading because of lack of funds; become bankrupt

(企业或个人)(因缺乏资金)停业;破产。

n.

a mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test

不及格。

informal a mistake, failure, or instance of poor performance

〈非正式〉 过失;失败;不良表现

  • their customer service is a massive fail

    他们的客服糟糕透顶

  • [mass noun]his first product demo was full of fail.

    他的首次产品演示漏洞百出。

短语
  • without fail absolutely predictably; with no exception 一定,务必;必定,总是 he writes every week without fail. 他每周都写信,从不间断

易错必背词
  • fail to do sth 未能做成;失败

    真题例句:

    • People failed to realize the danger of the virus.

      人们没有意识到病毒的危险。

      [绵阳 2020 中考 阅读理解]
类似拼写词
  • failv.失败;忘记做;坏掉;不能正常工作;破产;衰退;消失;舍弃;变弱;在(考试、测验或面试)中不及格

  • fallv.落下;掉落;跌落;跌倒;摔倒;减少;下降;减弱;沦陷;被攻陷;进入 某种状态;变成;成为;被归类;被排列

  • mailn.邮件;信件;邮包;锁子甲;铠甲;邮政;邮件发送;邮袋;邮政列车;邮件收取

  • fairadj.公正的;公平的;金色的;白皙的;相当大的;晴朗的;晴好的;美丽的;有魅力的;恰当的

  • railn.横条;横杆;横档;栏杆;扶手;铁轨;钢轨;轨道;铁路;冒头;定电位导体轨;秧鸡

词源

"Middle English: from Old French faillir (verb), faille ( noun), based on Latin fallere ‘deceive'. An earlier sense of the noun was ‘failure to do or perform a duty', surviving in the phrase without fail."

考纲分布

6年出现 142

重要程度
  • 69%

    v/n 失败

  • 25%

    v/n (使)考试不及格

  • 3%

    v 未做(某事)

  • 2%

    v 故障; 衰退

  • 1%

    v 使失望; 有负于

  • 0%

    v 失败; 破产

考纲释义
  • v/n. 失败

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • When the result came out, I learned I failed!

      当结果出来后,我知道我失败了。

      [2020年 哈尔滨市卷 任务型阅读]
    • Sometimes watching kids fail without jumping in to fix it for them is the hardest thing parents can do.

      有时候,看着孩子失败而不插手为他们解决问题是父母能做的最艰难的事情。

      [2019年 绵阳市卷 完形填空]
    • These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China but they failed to keep accurate (精确的) time.

      这些钟在中东和中国很受欢迎,但它们不能保持精确的时间。

      [2018年 天津市卷 综合填空]
  • v/n. (使)考试不及格

    英文释义:

    grade as not passing an exam

    真题例句:

    • I must prepare for the tests this time so that I won't fail again.

      这次我必须准备考试,这样我就不会再不及格了。

      [2020年 天津市卷 阅读理解]
    • When we fail the exam, encouraging words from our teachers or parents make us work harder at our lessons.

      当我们考试不及格时,老师或家长的鼓励话语会使我们在功课上更加努力。

      [2019年 山西省卷 阅读理解]
    • When I handed in my paper, I was afraid that I might fail because I did not answer the questions.

      当我上交试卷的时候,我担心自己可能会不及格,因为我没有回答那些问题。

      [2018年 安徽省卷 阅读理解]
  • v. 未做(某事)

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • People failed to realize the danger of the virus.

      人们没有意识到病毒的危险。

      [2020年 绵阳市卷 阅读理解]
    • Those who failed to mark their names on the balloons were ruled out of the game.

      那些没有在气球上标明自己名字的人被淘汰出局。

      [2018年 北京市卷 完形填空]
  • v. 故障; 衰退

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • The power supply on this instrument had failed, so it could no longer be used.

      这台仪器的电源出现了故障,因此无法再使用。

      [2018年 温州市卷 阅读理解]
  • v. 使失望; 有负于

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • Life fails us when we get into the wrong way.

      当我们行差踏错时,生活会让我们感到失望。

      [2018年 北京市卷 阅读理解]
  • v. 失败; 破产

    英文释义:

    become bankrupt

    真题例句:

    • In 2012, Liu opened a beauty shop but failed.

      2012年,刘开了一家美容店,但是倒闭了。

      [2020年 重庆市A卷 任务型阅读]
必考短语
必考派生词
  • failingn. 弱点;缺点

  • failuren. 失败;未做到;未履行;故障;失灵;衰退;衰竭;缺乏;不足;公司倒闭

用法讲解
  • 在某方面失败,可直接用fail sth.表达,也可用介词in来表达:fail in sth.,介词in不可替换为其他介词。如:我所尝试的一切都失败了。I've failed (in) everything I've tried.

  • fail作名词时,意思是“考试不及格”,常以单数形式出现。

  • without fail为固定搭配,表示“务必;必定”。如:我一定把那本书带给你。I shall bring you that book without fail.

考纲分布

12年出现 7

重要程度
  • 100%

    v/n 失败

考纲释义
  • v/n. 失败

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • I was trying to place an order on your website, but I failed.

      我试图在您的网站上下订单,但我失败了。

      [2021年 天津卷 单项填空]
    • Without fail one would declare, " But I'm just not creative. "

      毫无疑问,人们会说:“但是我就是没有创造力啊。”

      [2016年 全国卷2 阅读理解]
    • If we fail to do so, we'll live to regret it.

      如果我们不这样做,我们会后悔的。

      [2015年 全国卷1 改错]
必考短语
必考派生词
  • failuren. 失败;未做到;未履行;故障;失灵;衰退;衰竭;缺乏;不足;公司倒闭

单词辨析
  • fail通常要搭配不定式短语。

  • miss要搭配动名词短语。

考纲分布

9年出现 40

重要程度
  • 35%

    v/n 失败

  • 23%

    v 故障; 衰退

  • 18%

    v 使失望; 有负于

  • 13%

    v 使考试不及格

  • 13%

    v 不做(某事)

考纲释义
  • v/n. 失败

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • Other times, she feels that she fails.

      其他时候,她觉得自己失败了。

      [2016年 CET4 听力]
    • The card reader failed to do the scanning.

      读卡器扫描失败。

      [2016年 CET4 听力]
    • The store's card reader failed to scan the card's magnetic strip.

      商店的读卡器无法扫描卡的磁条。

      [2016年 CET4 听力]
  • v. 故障; 衰退

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • In the 20th century the main threat to international security was superpower conflict; today it is failing states.

      在20世纪,对国际安全的主要威胁是超级大国的冲突;今天,是没落的国家。

      [2016年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • Indeed, even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding.

      事实上,甚至在2008年粮食价格急剧攀升之前,没落国家的数量就已经在扩大。

      [2016年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • States fail when governments can not provide personal security, and basic social services such as education and health care.

      当政府不能提供个人安全以及基本的社会服务,如教育和卫生保健时,国家就失败了。

      [2016年 CET4 阅读理解]
  • v. 使失望; 有负于

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • The images fail miserably in reflecting a complicated reality.

      画面很不幸地没有反映出一个复杂的现实。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解B]
  • v. 使考试不及格

    英文释义:

    grade as not passing an exam

    真题例句:

    • Others may experience a hopelessness that results in failing their core classes, such as English, science and math.

      另一些人可能会感到绝望,从而导致核心课程不及格,比如英语、科学和数学。

      [2021年 CET4 阅读理解B]
    • Students who fail to finish the ninth grade with passing grades in college preparatory coursework are very unlikely to graduate on time.

      没有通过大学预科课程的学生很可能无法按时毕业。

      [2021年 CET4 阅读理解B]
  • v. 不做(某事)

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

必考短语
必考派生词
  • failingn. 弱点;缺点

  • failuren. 失败;未做到;未履行;故障;失灵;衰退;衰竭;缺乏;不足;公司倒闭

用法讲解
  • fail作名词时,意思是“考试不及格”,常以单数形式出现。

  • without fail为固定搭配,表示“务必;必定”。如:我一定把那本书带给你。I shall bring you that book without fail.

  • 在某方面失败,可直接用fail sth.表达,也可用介词in来表达:fail in sth.,介词in不可替换为其他介词。如:我所尝试的一切都失败了。I've failed (in) everything I've tried.

考纲分布

9年出现 30

重要程度
  • 53%

    v/n 失败

  • 40%

    v 不做(某事)

  • 7%

    v 故障; 衰退

  • 0%

    v 使考试不及格

考纲释义
  • v/n. 失败

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • Often a manager's superiors can effectively encourage a manager's distasteful behavior when they fail to discipline the person's wrongdoings.

      通常情况下,当管理者的上级未能对其不当行为进行惩戒时,他们会有效地鼓励管理者做出令人不快的行为。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
    • They fail to answer emails promptly.

      他们没有及时回复电子邮件。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
    • It is very likely that the CGI-recreated image of a deceased celebrity will fail to match the real actor especially in facial expressions.

      很有可能计算机成像技术(CGI)重现的已故名人的形象无法与真正的演员相匹配,尤其是在面部表情方面。

      [2021年 CET6 阅读理解]
  • v. 不做(某事)

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • They are failing to look ahead at a time when planning for the future is more important than ever.

      当规划未来比以往任何时候都更重要的时候,他们却没有向前看。

      [2021年 CET6 阅读理解C]
    • They may fail to attach sufficient importance to cultural diversity.

      他们可能没有充分重视文化多样性。

      [2021年 CET6 阅读理解C]
    • They may fail to see the cultural biases of their business partners.

      他们可能看不到商业合伙人的文化偏见。

      [2021年 CET6 阅读理解C]
  • v. 故障; 衰退

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

  • v. 使考试不及格

    英文释义:

    grade as not passing an exam

    真题例句:

必考短语
必考派生词
  • failuren. 失败;未做到;未履行;故障;失灵;衰退;衰竭;缺乏;不足;公司倒闭

用法讲解
  • 在某方面失败,可直接用fail sth.表达,也可用介词in来表达:fail in sth.,介词in不可替换为其他介词。如:我所尝试的一切都失败了。I've failed (in) everything I've tried.

  • fail作名词时,意思是“考试不及格”,常以单数形式出现。

  • without fail为固定搭配,表示“务必;必定”。如:我一定把那本书带给你。I shall bring you that book without fail.

考纲分布

16年出现 40

重要程度
  • 53%

    v/n 未能(做到); 失败

  • 33%

    v/n 考试不及格

  • 13%

    v 故障; 衰退

  • 3%

    v 未做(某事); 忘记做

  • 0%

    v 使失望; 有负于

  • 0%

    v 失败; 破产

考纲释义
  • v/n. 未能(做到); 失败

    英文释义:

    to not be successful in achieving sth

    真题例句:

    • Every time we fail at something, we can choose to look for the lesson we're meant to learn.

      每当我们在某件事上失败时,我们可以选择寻找我们应该学到的教训。

      [2020年 英语二 翻译]
    • Official retrospections continue as to why London 2012 failed to "inspire a generation."

      官方仍在反思为什么2012年伦敦奥运会未能“激励一代人”。

      [2017年 英语二 阅读理解A]
    • The French measures have already failed.

      法国的措施已经失败。

      [2016年 英语一 阅读理解A]
  • v/n. 考试不及格

    英文释义:

    grade as not passing an exam

    真题例句:

    • Failed their college.

      他们大学没毕业。

      [2015年 英语二 阅读理解A]
  • v. 故障; 衰退

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • "If they fail first and then you fix them, it's very expensive," says Domingos.

      Domingos说:“如果它们先出现故障,然后你再修复它们,那就非常昂贵了。”

      [2021年 英语一 阅读理解B]
  • v. 未做(某事); 忘记做

    英文释义:

    neglect to do something

    真题例句:

  • v. 使失望; 有负于

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

  • v. 失败; 破产

    英文释义:

    become bankrupt

    真题例句:

必考短语
必考派生词
  • failingn. 弱点;缺点

  • failuren. 失败;未做到;未履行;故障;失灵;衰退;衰竭;缺乏;不足;公司倒闭

用法讲解
  • 表示“没能做某事或做某事失败了”可以说fail to do sth.或fail in sth.

  • fail表示“衰退、衰弱”时,常用于进行时,如:Her eyesight is failing.她的视力日渐衰退。

  • I want to not fail.

    我不想不及格。

    《Girl Meets World Season 1》《女孩成长记 第一季》

  • But it matters not. Oakenshield's quest will fail.

    但无所谓橡,木盾的远征注定要失败。

    《The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug》《霍比特人2:史矛革之战》

  • Then you won't fail and then neither will I.

    那你就不会不及格了。那我也不会被莱丽抛弃了。

    《Girl Meets World Season 1》《女孩成长记 第一季》

  • I just don't want to fail, Mr. Matthews. Thank you.

    我只是不想不及格,麦修斯老师,谢谢。

    《Girl Meets World Season 1》《女孩成长记 第一季》

  • The point is my natural charisma has made him fail his midterm.

    重点是我的自然魅力让他期中考试不及格。

    《Friends Season 7》《老友记 第七季》

  • I don't know. Maybe you wanted your marriage to fail.

    我不知道,或许你想让婚姻失败。

    《Friends Season 1》《老友记第一季》

  • We have bare ground because crops fail. And we have windy conditions.

    因作物欠收,我们有裸露土壤,我们有多风气候环境。

    《The Science of Interstellar》《《星际穿越》中的科学》

  • When the majority of the adjustable rates kick in, in '07, they will begin to fail. And if they fail above 15%, the whole bond is worthless.

    等大多数浮动利率在07年开始执行时他们就会开始下跌,如果下跌超过15%,整个债券就一文不值了。

    《The Big Short》《大空头》

  • You are the first person to ever fail the Frank Mantucci on a Computer School.

    你是弗兰克•曼塔奇网络课程学院有史以来第一个考核不及格的。

    《Girl Meets World Season 1》《女孩成长记 第一季》

  • The invasion will fail no matter how many bodies you throw at it.

    我们注定失败,无论你让多少战士去送死。

    《Edge of Tomorrow》《明日边缘》

  • What you fail to realize is Kripke suffers from a fatal flaw.

    你没发觉的是克里帕奇有一个致命伤。

    《The Big Bang Theory Season 2》《生活大爆炸 第二季》

  • And what if you fail to try, Peter? What are you then?

    如果你不努力呢,彼得?那又会怎样?

    《Pan》《小飞侠:幻梦启航》

  • Oh, I knew you couldn't. What? You set me up to fail? Why?

    我就知道你不行。啥?你故意的吗?为什么?

    《Kung Fu Panda 3》《功夫熊猫3》

  • All right. Well, you better fucking hope your memory doesn't fail you.

    好吧,你最好祈祷你记得够清楚。

    《Whiplash》《爆裂鼓手》

  • I can't believe that tour guide is telling people that our cupcake business is gonna fail.

    我真不敢相信那个导游居然跟别人说我们的小蛋糕生意会倒。

    《2 Broke Girls Season 5》《破产姐妹 第五季》

  • We did not fail. And we are not running away. We're just very sensibly regrouping.

    我们没有失败,我们现在不是逃跑,我们只是在理智地重组。

    《Penguins of Madagascar》《马达加斯加的企鹅》

  • What was I suppose to do? Let the whole team fail because you don't have it?

    你让我怎么办?难道要我因为你不可怕让全队输?

    《Monsters University》《怪兽大学》

  • If you're really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail.

    如果你真是无畏派的人,就会无视失败的可能。

    《Divergent》《分歧者:异类觉醒》

  • When I fail to open this jar and you succeed, it will establish you as the alpha male.

    当我没打开这瓶盖,而你打开了,这样你就像个男子汉。

    《The Big Bang Theory Season 2》《生活大爆炸 第二季》

  • Can you believe he's telling his entire tour that our cupcake business is gonna fail?

    你敢相信他居然跟他带的团说我们小蛋糕的生意会倒吗?

    《2 Broke Girls Season 5》《破产姐妹 第五季》

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