fail

常見例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

• If you don't work hard, you may fail.
  不努力就可能失敗。
• The project has failed.
  這項研究工作失敗了。
• All our plans failed.
  我們所有的計劃都失敗了。
• They led two revolutions and failed.
  他們領(lǐng)導(dǎo)過兩次革命,都失敗了。
• He had done his best but failed.
  他竭盡全力但仍然還是失敗了。
• He tried to pull out the burning fuse, but failed.
  他想法把燃著的引信拔掉,但沒有成功。
• The plan failed miserably.
  這項計劃失敗得很慘。
• The machine, however, failed on its trial run.
  但這部機器的試車失敗了。
• Their water supply had failed.
  他們的水供應(yīng)不上了。
• The oil supply failed.
  石油供給不足。
• The flowers failed for lack of rain.
  這些花由于缺水而凋零了。
• Her health rapidly failed.
  她的健康狀況迅速惡化了。
• His sight is beginning to fail.
  他的視力開始減退了。
• He was very old and was failing rapidly.
  他年歲很大,身體很快衰弱下來。
• The old man was failing and his sons decided to spare him the shock of the news.
  老人生命垂危,他的兒子們決定不再讓他聽到這個使他震驚的消息。
• How rapidly he fails!
  他衰弱得多快啊!
• The radio is failing.
  無線電聲音小下來了。
• Pretty soon father's business failed altogether and I had to leave school again.
  不久我父親的買賣完全倒閉了,我只好再次輟學(xué)。
• Several of the biggest banks failed during the depression.
  幾家最大的銀行在蕭條時期倒閉了。
• When the price of oil doubled many businesses failed.
  當(dāng)石油價格成倍上漲時,許多企業(yè)都無法維持下去了。
• The store failed with him.
  這家商店隨著他的離去而倒閉了。
• After his death, the family line failed.
  他死之后,這個家系就消亡了。
• The patient's heart failed.
  病人的心臟停止了跳動。
• The rocket's engine failed a few seconds after taking off.
  發(fā)射幾秒鐘后,火箭的發(fā)動機便失靈了。
• The crop failed because of drought.
  由于干旱,莊稼歉收了。
• The crop failed two years.
  這種作物連續(xù)兩年歉收。
• If the crops fails, there will be a serious food shortage.
  如果谷物收成不好,將會出現(xiàn)嚴(yán)重的災(zāi)荒。

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

• He would have succeeded if his courage hadn't failed him.
  如果他當(dāng)時沒有失去勇氣,他就成功了。
• If you do such sloppy work again,I promise I'll fail you.
  要是下次作業(yè)你再馬馬虎虎,我話說在頭里,可要給你打不及格了。
• Diligent students occasionally fail this subject.
  用功的學(xué)生在這門功課上偶爾也不及格。
• If they fail that test, they are likely to have plenty of time to figure out where their game went wrong.
  如果他們在測驗中失敗了,他們會有足夠的時間來找出失敗的原因。
• He failed his driving-test.
  他駕駛測驗不合格。
• We trusted him, and he did not fail us.
  我們信賴他,他也沒有辜負我們的信賴。
• We are counting on your return next year, we know you won't fail us.
  我們期待你明年回來,我們知道你不會使我們失望的。
• His friends failed him when he most need-ed them.
  他的朋友在他最需要他們的時刻使他失望了。
• She was my responsibility, and I failed her; and so it has come to this.
  她應(yīng)由我管,我沒盡到責(zé)任,所以落到這個地步。
• His memory failed him.
  他記不起事了。
• She was so upset that words failed her.
  她心煩意亂得說不出話來。
• Several times he almost brought himself to the point of speaking to them, but his courage failed him.
  好幾次他幾乎就要和他們?nèi)フf了,但又沒有勇氣了。
• His heart, however, failed him.
  但他的心臟支持不住了。
• She reached for a chair and sat down suddenly, as if her legs had failed her.
  她伸手抓住一把椅子,突然坐了下來,好像她的腿支持不住似的。
• Her tongue failed her when she tried to reply.
  她想回答,但舌頭卻不聽使喚了。

S+～+to- v

• I failed to see him. He was out.
  我沒見到他,他出去了。
• She failed to reach the semi-finals.
  她未能進入半決賽。
• Can anyone fail to see what kind of show they are putting on?
  誰會看不出來他們玩的是什么把戲?
• They have failed to modernize their factories.
  他們沒能使他們的工廠現(xiàn)代化。
• He dialed the number again, but failed to get a connection.
  他又撥了那個號,仍然沒能接通。
• The car failed to climb the hill.
  這輛小汽車沒能爬上山去。
• All efforts at whitewashing failed to deceive the workers.
  所有掩蓋真相的努力都沒有瞞過工人們。
• Mr. Walt never failed to get up early.
  華爾特先生總是早早起床。
• He never failed to write to his mother every week.
  他從未耽誤過每周給他母親寫信。
• He always fails to lock the door when he leaves.
  他離開時總是忘記鎖門。
• Don't fail to let me know when you return.
  回來時別忘了給我一個信兒。
• Don't fail to ring me up.
  別忘了給我打電話。
• Don't fail to remember what I have said.
  別忘了我剛才說的話。
• She never fails to keep her words.
  她從不食言。
• We receive letters from him every week, he never fails to write.
  我們每星期都收到他的來信,他從未忘記寫信來。
• He failed to pass the examination through carelessness.
  由于粗心,他考試沒及格。

其他: v -ing as Attrib.

• He has suffered from failing health for the last two years.
  近兩年來,他的健康狀況每況愈下。
• In the failing light I could hardly see the road in front of me.
  光線越來越暗,我?guī)缀蹩床磺迩懊娴穆妨恕?/li>

  v -ing as Adverb.

• Failing that, we must think of another plan.
  這要是不行,我們就得另想辦法。
• Failing a heavy rainfall soon, the drought will become serious.
  要是最近不下一場大雨,旱情就會嚴(yán)重了。
• Failing this, they will be responsible for all the consequences arising there from.
  要是做不到這一點,他們必須對由此產(chǎn)生的后果負責(zé)。

用作名詞 (n.)

• 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。
• I had three passes and one fail.
  我考試三門及格,一門不及格。
• “What were your results?” “A fail in history and passes in everything else.”
  “你考試成績怎么樣?”“歷史不及格,別的各科都通過了?！?/li>

  更多例句

• Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
  努力過，失敗過，沒關(guān)系，屢戰(zhàn)屢敗，屢敗屢戰(zhàn)，每一次失敗都比上一次更好。
• Many of Britain's beaches fail to meet minimum standards of cleanliness.
  英國許多海灘連最起碼的衛(wèi)生標(biāo)準(zhǔn)都達不倒。
• The various elements of the novel fail to cohere.
  這部小說的各部分之間缺乏連貫性。
• I fail to see the logic behind his argument.
  我不明白支持他論據(jù)的是什么邏輯。
• Many of Britain's beaches fail to meet minimum standards of cleanliness.
  英國許多海灘連最起碼的衛(wèi)生標(biāo)準(zhǔn)都達不倒。
• Take the money to your office without fail, first thing in the morning.
  早上第一件事是一定要把錢拿到辦公室去。
• Some manage it. Some fail miserably.
  有些人成功了，而有些人則遭遇慘敗。
• Voters can be remarkably forgiving of presidents who fail to keep their campaign promises.
  選民對總統(tǒng)未履行競選承諾往往表現(xiàn)出驚人的寬容。
• This magnificent church cannot fail to stop you in your tracks.
  這座宏偉的教堂一定會讓你止步贊嘆。
• He wanted to make amends for causing their marriage to fail.
  他導(dǎo)致了他們的婚姻破裂，因此想作出補償。
• If they fail, they can often resit the next year.
  如果沒有通過的話，他們常?？梢栽诘诙暄a考。
• If the charcoal does fail to light, use a special liquid spray and light it with a long taper.
  要是木炭確實著不了的話，使用一種特殊的液體噴劑，再用長木片將其點燃。
• She expects to fail the exam.
  她預(yù)料無法通過考試.
• I will give you a present on your birthday without fail.
  你生日時我一定送你一份禮物.
• It's no joke when your brakes fail on the motorway.
  在快車道上行駛時剎車失靈的后果是非常嚴(yán)重的.
• I've warned you. If you fail, don't come snivelling back to me.
  我已警告過你: 你如果失敗, 別哭哭啼啼回來找我.
• I wouldn't lose courage even if I should fail ten times.
  即使要失敗十次,我也絕不灰心.
• If you do such sloppy work again, I promise I'll fail you.
  要是下次作業(yè)你再馬馬虎虎, 我話說在頭里,可要給你打不及格了.
• If you fail now, who will pick up the pieces?
  你現(xiàn)在要是失敗了, 誰來收拾殘局?
• The attempt is morally bound to fail.
  這一企圖肯定會失敗.
• It is painful that Tom will fail this exam.
  湯姆這次考試如不及格,會叫人痛心的.
• You can always rely on Jim, he won't fail you.
  你可以永遠信任吉姆, 他不會讓你失望的.
• What if you should fail?
  假如你失敗了,該怎么辦 呢 ?
• When the Export Department began to fail, Mr. Smith took it in hand and made a success of it.
  當(dāng)商品出口部不景氣的時候, 史密斯先生接管了它并取得了成功.
• I would fail my exams but that the classmates help me with my lesson.
  要不是同學(xué)們幫助我學(xué)習(xí)功課,我考試就會不及格.
• Buck up ! Lots of people fail their driving test first time.
  別 灰心,許多人首次參加駕駛考試都沒通過.
• The plan was doomed to fail by their refusal to give it any financial support.
  由于他們拒絕給予任何資助,該計劃注定要失敗.
• What if we should fail?
  倘若我們失敗了 怎么辦 ?
• The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded.
  首惡必辦, 脅從不問,立功受獎.
• I fail to see the bearing of that remark.
  我不明白那句話的真意何在.
• I'll never lose heart even if I should fail ten times.
  即使失敗10次,我也不灰心.
• His chief worry was that he might fail.
  他最焦慮的是他可能不及格.
• I'll pay you tomorrow without fail.
  我明天付款給你,決不遲誤.
• The government tried to liquidate the rebel movement and failed.
  政府試圖肅清反叛運動，結(jié)果失敗了。
• Attempts to find a solution have failed.
  試圖找到解決辦法的種種努力全都失敗了。
• Spectacular changes have taken place at the top since the failed putsch.
  政變失敗后，高層出現(xiàn)了急劇的變化。
• The protests have failed partly because the opposition politicians are no great shakes.
  抗議失敗了，部分原因是因為反對派政治家們并未發(fā)揮積極作用。
• I failed in my career as a writer of fiction entirely because of deficiencies in the education system.
  我的小說作家生涯失敗了，原因完全是因為教育體制的缺陷。
• In a way, I suppose I'm frightened of failing.
  我想我有點懼怕失敗。
• The coup failed because of miscalculations by the plotters.
  由于策劃者判斷失誤，政變失敗了。
• He was afraid the revolution they had started would fail.
  他擔(dān)心他們發(fā)起的大變革會遭遇失敗。
• When father's business failed, the family came down.
  父親的生意失敗以后, 家里就敗落了.
• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.
  搶救失事船只的一切努力都失敗了.
• He failed, and small wonder.
  他失敗了, 這沒什么奇怪.
• I've warned you. If you fail, don't come snivelling back to me.
  我已警告過你: 你如果失敗, 別哭哭啼啼回來找我.
• I wouldn't lose courage even if I should fail ten times.
  即使要失敗十次,我也絕不灰心.
• Their attempts at conciliation had failed and both sides were once again in dispute.
  他們進行調(diào)停的努力失敗了,雙方再次陷入爭吵.
• If you fail now, who will pick up the pieces?
  你現(xiàn)在要是失敗了, 誰來收拾殘局?
• When their business failed, the family closed ranks and worked to pay off the debts.
  生意失敗之后, 全家人團結(jié)一致地工作以償清債務(wù).
• The attempt is morally bound to fail.
  這一企圖肯定會失敗.
• I told them how to do it but I was wasting my breath ; they went and tried it their way — and failed!
  我告訴他們怎么做,但是我徒費 口舌 ,他們還是按自己的一套去做——結(jié)果失敗了!
• He failed because of inexperience.
  他由于經(jīng)驗缺乏而失敗了.
• What if you should fail?
  假如你失敗了,該怎么辦 呢 ?
• No one laughed at her when she failed.
  當(dāng)她失敗時,沒人譏笑她.
• The plan was doomed to fail by their refusal to give it any financial support.
  由于他們拒絕給予任何資助,該計劃注定要失敗.
• What if we should fail?
  倘若我們失敗了 怎么辦 ?
• Bill always has a card up his sleeve, so when his first plan failed he tried another.
  比爾經(jīng)常留有一手, 所以當(dāng)?shù)谝粋€計劃失敗后,他就試行第二個.
• I was ashamed to tell him that I had failed.
  我慚愧地將我的失敗告訴了他.
• He worked hard, yet, he failed.
  他干得很賣力, 然而他失敗了.
• His efforts at solving the problem failed.
  他企圖解決這一問題的努力失敗了.
• He failed after all.
  他還是失敗了.
• I'll never lose heart even if I should fail ten times.
  即使失敗10次,我也不灰心.
• All their attempts at reaching the summit failed.
  他們攀登頂峰的一切嘗試都失敗了.
• An apparently failing memory is damaging for a national leader.
  明顯的記憶力衰退對一個國家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人來說極為不利。
• His health is failing rapidly.
  他的健康迅速衰退.
• His sight is beginning to fail.
  他的視力開始衰退.
• His powers are failing, ie He is becoming weak.
  他的體力正在衰退.
• Many small banks failed during the recession.
  許多小銀行在經(jīng)濟衰退期破了產(chǎn).
• She has been failing in health for the last two years.
  近兩年來,她的健康一直在衰退.
• Blood can be cleaned by osmosis if the kidneys have failed.
  若腎功能衰退,可通過滲透作用使血液凈化.
• She was conscious that her strength was failing.
  她意識到自己的體力在逐漸衰退.
• As a result, the Fed's attempt to avert a recession has almost certainly failed.
  后果就是, 美聯(lián)儲避免經(jīng)濟衰退的努力幾乎確定無疑會失敗.
• His powers are failing.
  他的體力在衰退.
• Memory starts to fail when we are young adults.
  記憶衰退從我們年輕時就開始.
• One's memory is failing.
  記憶力衰退.
• His hearing is failing.
  他的聽覺在衰退.
• His eyesight has failed after the operation.
  在開刀以后,他的眼力衰退了.
• Then he noticed his bio signs: failing blood pressure, erratic heartbeat, electrolytes all wrong.
  然后他注意到自己的生物信號: 衰退的血壓, 不穩(wěn)定的心跳, 電解液失常.
• The strength of my memory begins to fail.
  我們的記憶力開始衰退.
• The bank of Japan cut rates to 0 but failed to avoid a long recession.
  日本銀行當(dāng)時叫利率降到了0%但仍然無法避免長時間的衰退.
• The old man persisted in carrying on the work in spite of his failing health.
  老人不顧體力衰退,堅持繼續(xù)工作.
• The business faltered and then failed.
  商行生意衰退,最后倒閉了.
• Many fail, especially in times of recession, but others take their place.
  許多公司倒閉了, 特別是在經(jīng)濟衰退時期, 但也有不少公司站穩(wěn)了腳跟.
• Failing health dwindles ambition.
  健康衰退使人喪志.
• His eyesight is failing.
  他的視力漸漸衰退了.
• Politicians traditionally fail to recognise recessions in time, and then take too long to enact stimulus.
  政府無法及時發(fā)現(xiàn)衰退降臨, 制定政策又要經(jīng)過相當(dāng)長時間.
• But in 1990 several rate cuts failed to stop the American economy from sliding into recession.
  但是在1990年,多次降息沒能阻止美國經(jīng)濟陷入衰退.
• The Bank of Japan cut rates to zero but failed to avoid a long recession.
  日本銀行將利率下調(diào)至零,但仍然無法避免長期衰退.
• His eyesight failed, his wife and son died, as did his contemporaries.
  他的視力衰退了, 妻子和兒子去世了, 和他同時代的人也都逝去.
• Now an American study has found that memory starts to fail when we are young adults.
  然而現(xiàn)在美國的一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)人從青年開始記憶力就開始衰退了.
• The trend that this kind of resources fails still is in aggravate.
  這種資源衰退的趨勢仍在加劇.
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