单词详解

1. vt. & vi.

在……中失败 (be unsuccessful)

I failed to pass the examination because of carelessness. 由于粗心，我考试没及格。

2. vi.

A. 衰退，衰弱 (get worse)

My mother's eyesight is failing. 我妈妈的视力渐渐衰退了。

B. 破产 (become bankrupt or insolvent)

In a depression, many banks failed. 在经济萧条期间，很多银行倒闭了。

C. 不足，短缺，缺乏 (prove insufficient)

The water supply failed. 水供给不足。

3. vt.

A. 未能 (fail to do something)

The boy failed to climb the hill. 这个小男孩没能爬上山去。

B. 忘记，忽视 (leave something undone)

I never fail to write to my sister every month. 我每个月都写信给我的姐姐。

相关词组

1. without fail 一定，必定：没有失败的可能

Be here tomorrow without fail. 明天一定要到这里。

2. fail in (doing sth.) 做某事失败

He studied hard only to fail in the exam. 他学习这么用功，竟然考场失利。

3. fail to do sth 没做成某事

Tom failed to show up in Mary's birthday party. 汤姆未能在玛丽的生日宴会上露面。

相关单词

名词：failure

近义词：fade, weaken

反义词：pass, succeed

过去式：failed

过去分词：failed

现在分词：failing

第三人称单数：fails