美
[feɪl]
be unsuccessful; be unable
forget; neglect; omit; not remember
be not enough; come to an end while still needed; be wanting in; lack
(health, physical strength, sight, etc.) decline; weaken
go bankrupt
let down; make lose hope
failure in an examination
"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"
"Where do today's public schools fail?"
"The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
"His sense of smell failed him this time"
"His strength finally failed him"
"His children failed him in the crisis"
"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"
"I fail to understand your motives"
"The teacher failed six students"
"She studied hard but failed nevertheless"
"Did I fail the test?"
"She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"
"We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"
"The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"
"A number of banks failed that year"
"The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
"Her health is declining"
What dangers, by his Highness' fail of issue, May drop upon his kingdom.
出自：Winter's Tale , Shakespeare
He won't come this evening..But he'll come tomorrow Without fail.
出自： S. Beckett
Shaded over head with Trees, and with Matts when the boughs fail.
出自： H. Maundrell
他经商失败。
He failed in his attempt to organize another club.
他另组一个俱乐部的企图失败了。
He failed in his first attempt.
他第一次尝试失败。
I should consider myself failing in my duty if I did not take immediate action.
我认为如果我不立即采取行动,就是失职。
He failed in his promise.
他未信守诺言。
How could you fail in such an easy test?
这么容易的考试你怎会不及格?
He failed in the examination.
他考试没及格。
They have failed in literature and art.
他们文学艺术不及格。
She failed in her mathematics.
她数学不及格。
I passed in math but failed in French.
我数学及格,但法语不及格。
Mr. Brown failed in getting a job.
布朗先生没有找到工作。
I failed in persuading him.
我没能说服他。
The chairman failed in trying to persuade the committee to share his opinion.
主席没能说服委员会与他持同样的看法。
He failed in passing the examination through carelessness.
由于粗心,他考试没有及格。 fail sb in sth
The teacher failed her in English.
老师评她英语不及格。
The teacher failed me in the written paper.
老师判我笔试不及格。
He failed us in our time of need.
在我们正需要帮助的时候,他使我们失望了。 fail in sth
She writes well, but fails in imagination.
她文笔很好,但写出的东西缺乏想象力。
His speech failed in persuasiveness and proof.
他的讲演缺乏说服力和论据。
He's a clever man, but fails in perseverance.
他是个聪明人,但毅力不够。
他未能获得提升。
Your plan seems to have failed of its purpose.
你们的计划似乎没有达到预期的目的。
The policy is bound to fail of its object.
这个政策肯定达不到它的目的。
His experiment failed of success.
他的实验没有成功。
The Bill failed of passage in the last Congress.
这项议案在上届国会中未获通过。
The debater's argument failed of logical connection.
辩论者的论点缺少逻辑上的连贯性。
误 He failed following our advice.
正 He failed to follow our advice.
析 fail后面不接动名词,可接动词不定式,表示“未能干某事”。
误 Though he didn't say a word, at heart he felt he was failed.
正 Though he didn't say a word, at heart he felt he had failed.
析 fail在此处用作不及物动词,不能用被动结构。
误 I've failed to everything I've tried.
误 I've failed from everything I've tried.
正 I've failed (in) everything I've tried.
析 fail表示“在…方面失败”时可以用作及物动词,其后不用任何介词; 也可用作不及物动词,其后一般接介词in,不接to或from。
误 I shall bring you that book without failure.
误 I shall bring you that book without a fail.
正 I shall bring you that book without fail.
析 without fail是固定搭配,意为“一定,肯定”, fail前无冠词。
