vi.失败;没做成某事;表现欠佳;用完;衰退
vt.辜负;放弃;缺少;不及格
n.不及格;没做成
过去式:failed
过去分词:failed
现在分词:failing
第三人称单数:fails
fail详解释义
fail双解释义
fail英英释义
n.(名词)
(考试)不及格,不及格的分数
失败
失误
不及格者
【商】失期
务必,*,总是,*
迟误
不按时交割(证券经纪人不能于成交后的预定期限内交割证券)
v.(动词)
衰退,变弱,衰弱,减弱,消失
破产,失去支付能力
缺乏,不足,短缺,欠缺
忘记
不及格,把(考生)评为不及格,给(学生)不及格等级
错误
失灵,停止作用,失去作用
不中目标
无助于,无用
丢弃,舍弃,遗弃
不履行
玩忽,疏忽
不录取(考生)
歉收
失败,在…中失败,未能成功,未能做到,不能成为
不(做),不能
没有通过
使失望,有负于,使落空,辜负(期望)
忽视,无视
未能…,未做…
漏做(某事),忽略
v.(动词)
vt. & vi. 失败 be unsuccessful; be unable
vt. & vi. 忘记,忽视,未能 forget; neglect; omit; not remember
vt. & vi. 不足,短缺,缺乏 be not enough; come to an end while still needed; be wanting in; lack
vi. 衰退,衰弱 (health, physical strength, sight, etc.) decline; weaken
vi. 破产 go bankrupt
vt. 辜负 let down; make lose hope
n.(名词)
[S]考试不及格 failure in an examination
Verb
fail to do something; leave something undone;

"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"

be unsuccessful;

"Where do today's public schools fail?"
"The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake;

"His sense of smell failed him this time"
"His strength finally failed him"
"His children failed him in the crisis"

stop operating or functioning;

"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"

be unable;

"I fail to understand your motives"

judge unacceptable;

"The teacher failed six students"

fail to get a passing grade;

"She studied hard but failed nevertheless"
"Did I fail the test?"

fall short in what is expected;

"She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"
"We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"

become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close;

"The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"
"A number of banks failed that year"

prove insufficient;

"The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"

get worse;

"Her health is declining"

fail词语用法
fail例句
fail常见错误
fail搭配
v.(动词)
fail的基本意思是“失败”,指在从事某项工作时未能达到预定的目的,常常强调做了,但是没有成功; 还可指由于某事未能在头脑里形成深刻的印象或其他原因而将某事“忘记”。fail引申可指“不足,短缺,缺乏”“衰退,衰弱”“破产”“辜负”等。
fail可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词、代词或动词不定式作宾语。
fail在作“不能,不会,不成功”解时,其后只能搭用不定式短语或介词in。
fail在作“亏损”“销蚀”解时可用于进行体,此时多指人的体质。
fail是表示状态的及物动词,不能用于被动结构。
n.(名词)
fail用作名词时的意思是“考试不及格”,指在考试中失利,从而没能通过考试。常以单数形式出现。
fail常用于without fail句型,表示“*,*,肯定”。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
We must hang together,or our plan will fail.
我们必须齐心协力,否则我们的计划就会失败。
He never fails to write to his mother every week.
他从来没有忘记每周给母亲写信。
He studied hard only to fail in the exam.
他这么用功,结果竟然考场失利。
The water supply failed during the drought.
在干旱期供水不足
As she is getting older, her sight is beginning to fail.
随着年纪越来越大,她的视力开始下降。
用作及物动词(vt.)
Your performance failed your coach who thought that you could have done better.
你的表现辜负了教练的期望,他认为你本可以做得更好一些。
He wanted to lift the heavy box, but his strength failed him.
他是想举起那个沉重的箱子,不过力气不行。
Words fail me right at the sight of this beautiful scenery.
面对着如此美景,我找不到词语来表达我的心情了。
You will fail French unless you work harder.
你要是不再加把劲儿,法语考试就不及格了。
用作名词(n.)
He got a fail in history and passes in other subjects.
他历史考试不及格,其他科目都通过了。
He calls me every Sunday night without fail.
他每个星期天的晚上*会给我打电话。
v.(动词)
他未听从我们的劝告。

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”。

虽然他一句话也不说,可是他心底里感到自己失败了。

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。

我所尝试的*都失败了。

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*介词; 也可用作不及物动词,其后一般接介词in,不接to或from。

n.(名词)
我*把那本书带给你。

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“*,肯定”, fail前无冠词。

~+名词
fail a friend
使朋友感到失望,辜负朋友,抛弃朋友
fail an exam
考试不及格
~+副词
fail abjectly
惨败
fail absolutely
*不足
fail apparently
*地不足
fail completely
*地失败
fail considerably
*地失败
fail conspicuously
显然失败
fail constantly
不断地失败
fail deplorably
惨败
fail despicably
可耻地失败
fail directly
直接失败
fail dismally
惨败
fail doubtfully
难以预料地失败
fail duly
正式破产
fail entirely
*破产
fail essentially
*失败
fail eventually
最终失败
fail freely
随意地忘记
fail fully
*忘记
fail gravely
*地失败
fail grievously
*地失败
fail habitually
常败
fail hypocritically
假装失败
fail ignominiously
屈辱地失败
fail indefensibly
不可避免地失败
fail indirectly
间接不足
fail inexplicably
莫明其妙地失败
fail lamentably
可悲地失败
fail materially
实质性地失败
fail mentally
智力上不足
fail miserably
惨败
fail needlessly
不必要地失败
fail occasionally
偶尔地失败
fail partially
部分地失败
fail quietly
悄悄地失败
fail rapidly
迅速恶化
fail ridiculously
可笑地失败
fail sadly
惨败
fail seriously
*地不足
fail signally
大败
fail steadily
不断失败
fail tentatively
暂时不足
fail ultimately
最终失败
fail undoubtedly
必将失败
fail unwittingly
无意中失败
fail utterly
*失败
fail vitally
*地不足
~+介词
fail for want of help
因得不到帮助而失败
fail in
在…方面失败,缺乏
fail in business
做生意不成功
fail in duty
失职
fail in everything
*都失败了
fail in examination
考试不及格
fail in health
健康衰退
fail in persuading sb
没能说服某人
fail of
没有,未能
fail of purpose
没有达到目的
fail of success
没有成功
fail of the object
没达到目的
fail on
评定(学生)…不及格
fail through carelessness
因疏忽而失败
fail近义词
fall down
fall through
flop
flunk
default
neglect
succeed