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fail
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音标：英 [feɪl] 美 [fel]
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解释：
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vi. 失败，不及格；破产；缺乏；衰退
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vt. 不及格；使失望；忘记；舍弃
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n. 不及格
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n. (Fail)人名；(葡、捷)法伊尔；(法)法伊
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中文词源：
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fail 失败来自拉丁语fallo, 欺骗，陷落，词源同fallacy, false, fault. 进一步来自PIE*ghwel, 欺骗。引申词义被骗，失败。
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英文词源：
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fail
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fail: [13] Fail, fallacy [15], fallible, false, and fault all come ultimately from the same source – the Latin verb fallere. This originally meant ‘deceive’, but it developed semantically to ‘deceive someone’s hopes, disappoint someone’, and in its Vulgar Latin descendant *fallīre this meaning had progressed to ‘be defective, fail’. English acquired the word via Old French faillir. Its Anglo-Norman form, failer, came to be used as a noun, and is the source of English failure [17].
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=> faliacy, fallible, false, fault
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fail (v.)
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c. 1200, "be unsuccessful in accomplishing a purpose;" also "cease to exist or to function, come to an end;" early 13c. as "fail in expectation or performance," from Old French falir "be lacking, miss, not succeed; run out, come to an end; err, make a mistake; be dying; let down, disappoint" (11c., Modern French faillir), from Vulgar Latin *fallire, from Latin fallere "to trip, cause to fall;" figuratively "to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, elude; fail, be lacking or defective." Related: Failed; failing.
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Replaced Old English abreoðan. From c. 1200 as "be unsuccessful in accomplishing a purpose;" also "cease to exist or to function, come to an end;" early 13c. as "fail in expectation or performance."
From mid-13c. of food, goods, etc., "to run short in supply, be used up;" from c. 1300 of crops, seeds, land. From c. 1300 of strength, spirits, courage, etc., "suffer loss of vigor; grow feeble;" from mid-14c. of persons. From late 14c. of material objects, "break down, go to pieces."
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fail (n.)
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late 13c., "failure, deficiency" (as in without fail), from Old French faile "deficiency," from falir (see fail (v.)). The Anglo-French form of the verb, failer, also came to be used as a noun, hence failure.
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双语例句：
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1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
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努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。
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来自金山词霸 每日一句
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2. Many of Britain's beaches fail to meet minimum standards of cleanliness.
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英国许多海滩连最起码的卫生标准都达不倒。
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来自柯林斯例句
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3. The various elements of the novel fail to cohere.
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这部小说的各部分之间缺乏连贯性。
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来自柯林斯例句
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4. Those who fail incline to blame the world for their failure.
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那些失败者往往将他们的失败归咎于社会。
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来自柯林斯例句
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5. This magnificent church cannot fail to stop you in your tracks.
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这座宏伟的教堂一定会让你止步赞叹。
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来自柯林斯例句
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更多相关例句：
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Many diets fail because they are boring.
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许多规定饮食因单调乏味都不奏效。【牛津词典】
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a failing school
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一所失败的学校【牛津词典】
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She failed to get into art college.
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她未能进入艺术学院。【牛津词典】
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The song can't fail to be a hit (= definitely will be a hit) .
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这首歌不可能不流行起来。【牛津词典】
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I failed in my attempt to persuade her.
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我未能说服她。【牛津词典】
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Tomorrow without fail he would be at the old riverside warehouse.
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明天他一定会在河边的旧仓库里。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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On the 30th you must without fail hand in some money for Alex...
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30 日那天你必须替亚历克斯交一些钱。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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He attended every meeting without fail.
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他逢会必到。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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That's how it was in my day and I fail to see why it should be different now.
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我那时候就是这样的，我搞不懂为什么现在非要弄得不一样。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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I lived in fear of failing my end-of-term exams.
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我总是担心期末考试不及格。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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...the two men who had failed him during his first year of law school.
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在法学院一年级时让他不及格的两个人【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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If all else fails, I could always drive a truck.
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如果其他都不行，我总还可以开卡车。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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If we did not report what was happening in the country, we would be failing in our duty.
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如果我们没有报道这个国家正在发生的事情，我们就没有尽到自己的责任。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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For once, the artist's fertile imagination failed him...
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这位画家丰富的想象力曾一度枯竭。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Their courage failed a few steps short and they came running back.
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还差几步他们却胆怯了，又跑回来了。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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In fact many food crops failed because of the drought.
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实际上，因为干旱，很多粮食作物歉收。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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So far this year, 104 banks have failed.
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今年到目前为止，已有 104 家银行倒闭。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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...a failed hotel business...
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破产的酒店【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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He was 58, and his health was failing rapidly...
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他 58 岁，身体正在迅速衰老。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Here in the hills, the light failed more quickly...
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在山区这儿，天黑得更快。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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We waited twenty-one years, don't fail us now.
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我们等了 21 年了，如今不要让我们失望。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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...communities who feel that the political system has failed them.
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对此套政治体制感到失望的群体【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Lawyers are accused of failing in their duties to advise clients of their rights...
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律师们被控未尽到告知当事人其正当权利的职责。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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The Workers' Party failed to win a single governorship...
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劳工党连一个州长职位也未能赢得。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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He failed in his attempt to take control of the company...
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他试图掌控公司，但以失败告终。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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We tried to develop plans for them to get along, which all failed miserably...
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我们试图计划让他们好好相处，但均以惨败告终。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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He was afraid the revolution they had started would fail...
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他担心他们发起的大变革会遭遇失败。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Some schools fail to set any homework...
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有些学校没有布置任何作业。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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He failed to file tax returns for 1982...
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他没有呈报 1982 年的纳税申报单。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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The lights mysteriously failed, and we stumbled around in complete darkness...
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灯不知怎么地不亮了，我们在一片黑暗中跌跌撞撞地走着。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Most roads, bridges, transit, water systems, the electric grid, and communications networks were installed 50 to 100 years ago, and they are largely taken for granted until they fail.【出自-2017年6月阅读原文】
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Another issue affecting real estate in the coming year will be America's failing infrastructure.【出自-2017年6月阅读原文】
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The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to do sufficient testing and they've produced a system that will break some kind of taboo ( ' , 禁忌 ).【出自-2016年6月阅读原文】
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States fail when national governments can no longer provide personal security, food security and basic social services such as education and health care.【出自-2016年6月阅读原文】
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Indeed, even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding.【出自-2016年6月阅读原文】
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In the 20th century the main threat to international security was superpower conflict; today it is failing states.【出自-2016年6月阅读原文】
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Failing states are of international concern because they are a source of terrorists, drugs, weapons and refugees ( ' , 难民), threatening political stability everywhere.【出自-2016年6月阅读原文】
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The store’s card reader failed to scan the card’s magnetic stripe.【出自-2016年6月听力原文】
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Why do some students give up when they encounter difficulty, whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive and learn? One answer, I soon discovered, lay in people's beliefs about why they had failed.【出自-2016年12月阅读原文】
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They often fail to combine teaching with research.【出自-2016年12月阅读原文】
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After failing again and again, most animals give up hope.【出自-2016年12月阅读原文】
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Many of its 800 stores are likely to close following the company’s decision to call in administrators after an attempt to sell the business for a token £1 failed.【出自-2015年12月听力原文】
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they often fail to see each other's negative qualities【出自-2013年6月阅读原文】
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Kodak's decision to file for bankruptcy（破产）protection is a sad, though not unexpected, turning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution.【出自-2013年6月阅读原文】
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It wasn't that Kodak was blind to the future, said Rebecca Henderson, a professor at Harvard Business School, but rather that it failed to execute on a strategy to confront it【出自-2013年6月阅读原文】
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Kodak is an example of a firm that was very much aware that they had to adapt, and spent a lot of money trying to do so, but ultimately failed.【出自-2013年6月阅读原文】
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It is harder to predict how Mr Obama's proposed reforms to the failing health-care system will turn out.【出自-2013年6月阅读原文】
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The way in which Mr Jobs revived the failing company he had co-founded and turned it into the world's biggest tech firm (bigger even than Bill Gates's Microsoft, the company that had outsmarted Apple so dramatically in the 1980s), sounds like something from a Hollywood movie.【出自-2012年12月阅读原文】
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He turned a failing company into a profitable business【出自-2012年12月阅读原文】
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For example, one who doesn't know the rules a about plagiarism (剽窃) may accidentally use words or ideas without giving proper credit or one who fails to keep careful research notes may unintentionally fail to quote and cite sources as required.【出自-2011年12月阅读原文】
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Cheating undermines confidence and independence: the cheater is a fraud, and knows that without dishonesty, he/she would have failed.【出自-2011年12月阅读原文】
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It fails more boys than girls academically【出自-2011年12月阅读原文】
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It fails to give boys the attention they need.【出自-2011年12月阅读原文】
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He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.【出自-2011年12月阅读原文】
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In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse.【出自-2010年6月阅读原文】
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Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane – the area least subject to impact – from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱).【出自-2010年6月阅读原文】
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I'm self-employed and need the Internet for my work, but I'm failing to accomplish my work,to take care of my home, to give attention to my children," she wrote in a message sent to the group.【出自-2010年6月阅读原文】
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One of the greatest heartbreaks for fire fighters occurs when they fail to rescue a child from a burning building because the child, frightened by smoke and noise, hides under a bed or in a closet and is later found dead.【出自-2010年12月听力原文】
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Why did Alex fail to receive the warm response he had hoped for?【出自-2010年6月听力原文】
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Mike Ellicock,chief executive of National Numeracy said we want to challenge】
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