fail
音标发音
- 英式音标 [feɪl]
- 美式音标 [feɪl]
- 国际音标 [feil]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 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
词源解说
- 1200年左右進入英語，直接源自古法語的falir，意爲失敗，不足；最初源自拉丁語的fallere，意爲欺騙，失望。
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- failed：已失敗的，不成功的。
- failing：失敗的。
- n性質的同根詞
- failure：失敗；故障；失敗者；破産。
- failing：失敗；缺點，過失；弱點。
- prep性質的同根詞
- failing：如果沒有…。
- v性質的同根詞
- failed：失敗，不成功（fail的過去式和過去分詞）。
- failing：失敗；不及格（fail的ing形式）。
用法辨析
- fail的基本意思是“失敗”,指在從事某項工作時未能達到預定的目的,常常強調做了,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”等。
- fail可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時接名詞、代詞或動詞不定式作賓語。
- fail在作“不能,不會,不成功”解時,其後衹能搭用不定式短語或介詞in。
- fail在作“虧損”“銷蝕”解時可用於進行躰,此時多指人的躰質。
- fail是表示狀態的及物動詞,不能用於被動結搆。
- fail用作名詞時的意思是“考試不及格”,指在考試中失利,從而沒能通過考試。常以單數形式出現。
- fail常用於without fail句型,表示“一定,必定,肯定”。
v. (動詞)
n. (名詞)
英汉例句
- 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.
有些大學課程按及格或不及格打分。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.
S+～+to- v
其他: v -ing as Attrib.
v -ing as Adverb.
用作名詞 (n.)
词组短语
- fail a friend 使朋友感到失望,辜負朋友,拋棄朋友
- fail an exam 考試不及格
- fail abjectly 慘敗
- fail absolutely 絕對不足
- fail apparently 明顯地不足
- fail completely 完全地失敗
用作動詞 (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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专业释义
- 使…不及格；使…失敗：
- 沒有通過…的考試：
- (考試)不及格
- 不及格
- 無力交割，交割失信，不按時交割，不履行証券交接(証券經紀人不能於成交後的預定期限內交割証券)
- 失傚