fail

/feɪl/📚 811 11 5中考高考

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. ^未能

verb [vi. 不及物动词]失败；未能做到，未能做；辜负，使失望；不及格，未能通过；出故障，失灵；衰弱，衰退；破产，倒闭；歉收；不下雨，下雨少；忘记

If an activity, attempt, or plan fails, it is not successful. ^{失败 • We tried to develop plans for them to get along, which all failed miserably. 我们设法制定出让他们相处融洽的计划，但都惨败了。}

noun [抽象名词]不及格；<非正式>过失，失败

It's the difference between a pass and a fail. ^{这是及格和不及格的区别。}

fail 出现在下面的课文中: Lesson 103&104 The French test fail 形容词: 未及格，失败; Lesson 16 A polite request fail 动词: 无视，忘记; Lesson 55 Not a gold mine; Lesson 9 Flying cats; Lesson 29 Funny or not?

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相关词汇

复合词failure🇬🇧/ˈfeɪljə(r)/ 🇺🇸/ˈfeɪljər/^{n. 失败；故障；失败者；破产}

过去分词failed/feɪld/^{adj. 已失败的，不成功的}

易混淆fair🇬🇧/feə(r)/ 🇺🇸/fer/^{adj. 公平的；美丽的，白皙的；晴朗的}

失败

① vi. 失败

fail + 宾语做某事失败
He failed.

fail (in) doing sth. 在某些方面失败（in 可省略）

He failed (in) examination.

② vi. 不及格

I hope I haven’t failed in the French test.

③ vt. 使……不及格

The teacher said he would fail me if I don’t work harder.

④ vt. 未能……，不能……，忘记……（后接不定式）

fail to do sth. 没有能够做某事，忘记做……

He failed to swim across the river.
He failed to finish his work in time.
Don’t fail to past the letter for me.
She failed to keep her word.

not fail to do sth. 一定能够某事

I can not fail to pass it.
You can not fail to drive it. 你一定能够驾驶
If you arrived in Beijing, you cannot fail to find the New Oriental School.