fail
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [fe?l]
- 美式音標(biāo) [fe?l]
- 國際音標(biāo) [feil]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vi. 失敗，不及格；破産；缺乏；衰退
- vt. 不及格；使失望；忘記；捨棄
- n. 不及格
- n. (Fail)人名；(葡、捷)法伊爾；(法)法伊
詞源解說
- 1200年左右進(jìn)入英語，直接源自古法語的falir，意爲(wèi)失敗，不足；最初源自拉丁語的fallere，意爲(wèi)欺騙，失望。
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- failed：已失敗的，不成功的。
- failing：失敗的。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- failure：失??；故障；失敗者；破産。
- failing：失??；缺點(diǎn)，過失；弱點(diǎn)。
- prep性質(zhì)的同根詞
- failing：如果沒有…。
- v性質(zhì)的同根詞
- failed：失敗，不成功（fail的過去式和過去分詞）。
- failing：失??；不及格（fail的ing形式）。
用法辨析
- fail的基本意思是“失敗”,指在從事某項(xiàng)工作時(shí)未能達(dá)到預(yù)定的目的,常常強(qiáng)調(diào)做了,但是沒有成功; 還可指由於某事未能在頭腦裡形成深刻的印象或其他原因而將某事“忘記”。fail引申可指“不足,短缺,缺乏”“衰退,衰弱”“破産”“辜負(fù)”等。
- fail可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)接名詞、代詞或動(dòng)詞不定式作賓語。
- fail在作“不能,不會(huì),不成功”解時(shí),其後衹能搭用不定式短語或介詞in。
- fail在作“虧損”“銷蝕”解時(shí)可用於進(jìn)行躰,此時(shí)多指人的躰質(zhì)。
- fail是表示狀態(tài)的及物動(dòng)詞,不能用於被動(dòng)結(jié)搆。
- fail用作名詞時(shí)的意思是“考試不及格”,指在考試中失利,從而沒能通過考試。常以單數(shù)形式出現(xiàn)。
- fail常用於without fail句型,表示“一定,必定,肯定”。
v. (動(dòng)詞)
n. (名詞)
英漢例句
- If you don't work hard, you may fail.
不努力就可能失敗。 - He would have succeeded if his courage hadn't failed him.
如果他儅時(shí)沒有失去勇氣,他就成功了。 - I failed to see him. He was out.
我沒見到他,他出去了。 - He has suffered from failing health for the last two years.
近兩年來,他的健康狀況每況瘉下。 - Failing that, we must think of another plan.
這要是不行,我們就得另想辦法。 - Some college courses are graded in terms of either a pass or a fail.
有些大學(xué)課程按及格或不及格打分。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
用作不及物動(dòng)詞: S+～(+A)
用作及物動(dòng)詞: S+～+ n./pron.
S+～+to- v
其他: v -ing as Attrib.
v -ing as Adverb.
用作名詞 (n.)
詞組短語
- fail a friend 使朋友感到失望,辜負(fù)朋友,拋棄朋友
- fail an exam 考試不及格
- fail abjectly 慘敗
- fail absolutely 絕對(duì)不足
- fail apparently 明顯地不足
- fail completely 完全地失敗
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
～+名詞
～+副詞
英英字典
- (NOT SUCCEED) to not succeed in what you are trying to achieve or are expected to do
- (EXAM) to be unsuccessful, or to judge that someone has been unsuccessful, in a test or exam
- (NOT DO) to not do something that you should do
- (STOP) to become weaker or stop working completely
- (NOT HELP) to not help someone when you are expected to do so
- an unsuccessful result in a course, test, or exam
- If you do something without fail, you always do it.
- If you fail to do something that you were trying to do, you are unable to do it or do not succeed in doing it.
- If an activity, attempt, or plan fails, it is not successful.
- If someone or something fails to do a particular thing that they should have done, they do not do it.
- If something fails, it stops working properly, or does not do what it is supposed to do.
- If a business, organization, or system fails, it becomes unable to continue in operation or in existence.
- If something such as your health or a physical quality is failing, it is becoming gradually weaker or less effective.
- If someone fails you, they do not do what you had expected or trusted them to do.
- If someone fails a test, examination, or course, they perform badly in it and do not reach the standard that is required.
- Fail is also a noun.
- If someone fails you in a test, examination, or course, they judge that you have not reached a high enough standard in it.
- You say if all else fails to suggest what could be done in a certain situation if all the other things you have tried are unsuccessful.
- You use without fail to emphasize that something always happens.
- You use without fail to emphasize an order or a promise.
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柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 使…不及格；使…失?。?/li>
- 沒有通過…的考試：
- (考試)不及格
- 不及格
- 無力交割，交割失信，不按時(shí)交割，不履行証券交接(証券經(jīng)紀(jì)人不能於成交後的預(yù)定期限內(nèi)交割証券)
- 失傚