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fail1 /feɪl/ ●●● S2 W1 verb
1  not succeed 沒有成功 [intransitiveI]FAIL to not succeed in achieving something 失敗
It looks likely that the peace talks will fail.
看來和平談判可能會失敗。
fail in
He failed in his attempt to regain the world title.
他未能奪回世界冠軍頭銜。
fail to do something
Doctors failed to save the girl’s life.
醫生沒能救活這個小女孩。
Millions of people have tried to quit smoking and failed miserably (=been completely unsuccessful).
數百萬人戒過煙，都以慘敗告終。
his efforts to save his failing marriage
他挽救自己瀕危婚姻的努力
If all else fails, you may be advised to have an operation.
要是其他方法都不見效的話，恐怕你還是動手術的好。
2  not do STH 未做某事 [intransitiveI]FAIL to not do what is expected, needed, or wanted 未做到
fail to do something
The letter failed to arrive.
信沒有寄到。
Firms that fail to take advantage of the new technology will go out of business.
未能利用新技術的公司會被淘汰。
The government are failing in their duty to protect people.
該政府未能盡到保護人民的責任。
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Fail to do something is used mainly in writing and in formal contexts. In everyday English, people usually say do not do something instead: fail to do something主要用於書面語或正式文章。在日常英語中，人們一般說do not do something
The letter failed to arrive. → The letter didn’t arrive. 那封信沒寄到。
3  exam/test 考試/測驗
a) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]FAIL to not pass a test or examination 不及格，未能通過
I failed my driving test the first time I took it.
我第一次駕照考試沒過關。
He failed maths but passed all his other subjects.
他數學沒及格，但是其他科目都通過了。
b) [transitiveT] to decide that someone has not passed a test or examination 評定〔某人〕不及格
Her work was so bad that I had no choice but to fail her.
她考得太差了，我只能給她不及格。
4  I fail to see/understand formalUNDERSTAND used to show that you are annoyed by something that you do not accept or understand 我不明白〔用於表示爲不願接受或不理解的事而生氣〕
I fail to see why you find it so amusing.
我不明白你爲什麽覺得那麽好笑。
Examples from the Corpus
I fail to see/understand• However I fail to see firstly what you are trying to prove with your figures.• How presumptuous my claims to knowledge based only on what I see, leaving out what I fail to see.• Last year? I failed to see the connection.• I fail to see the humor in this situation.
5. company/business 公司/商號 [intransitiveI]BBC if a company or business fails, it is unable to continue because of a lack of money 倒閉，破産
6  machine/body part 機器部件/身體部位 [intransitiveI]STOP MOVING if a part of a machine or an organ in your body fails, it stops working 〔機件或人體器官〕失靈，喪失功能
The engine failed on take-off.
引擎在起飛過程中失靈了。
The hospital said that his kidneys were failing.
醫院說過他的腎髒在逐漸衰竭。
7  health 健康MI [intransitiveI] if your sight, memory, health etc is failing, it is gradually getting weaker or is not as good as it was 〔視力、記憶、健康等〕衰退
Failing eyesight forced him to retire early.
視力衰退迫使他提前退休。
8  never fail to do something CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYto do something or happen so regularly that people expect it 從來不會忘記做某事
My grandson never fails to phone me on my birthday.
我的孫兒從來不會忘記在我生日那天打電話給我。
Examples from the Corpus
never fail to do something• He has never failed to acquit a client charged with murder.• My genius never fails to amaze.• I have often worked black smokers in Alvin and I never fail to be awed by them.• But he would never fail to have a meal.• This mime of his never failed to invoke my deep defensiveness with regard to all things Kip.• I can not bear this obscene, grubbing curiosity about the affairs of others, it has never failed to repel me.• They never failed to show up with the black jackets and the sneakers and the Pimp Roll.
9  your courage/will/nerve fails (you) NOT HAVEif your courage etc fails, or if it fails you, you suddenly do not have it when you need it 你的勇氣/意志/膽量消失
She had to leave immediately, before her courage failed her.
她必須趁自己還有勇氣馬上離開。
10  fail somebody NOT HAVEto not do what someone has trusted you to do 使某人失望，有負於某人 SYN let somebody down
I feel I’ve failed my children by not spending more time with them.
我沒能多花些時間陪伴孩子，我覺得讓他們失望了。
Examples from the Corpus
fail somebody• I feel I've failed my children by not spending more time with them.
11. crops 莊稼 [intransitiveI]TAC if crops fail, they do not grow or produce food, for example because of bad weather 歉收
12. rains 雨水 [intransitiveI]DN if the rains (=a lot of rain that falls at a particular time each year) fail, they do not come when expected or it does not rain enough 〔在該下雨的季節〕無雨，不下雨，下雨少
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 THESAURUS
fail to not succeed – used about people, plans, methods etc 〔人、計劃、方法等〕失敗
The plan failed.
計劃失敗了。
They failed to persuade her to change her mind.
他們沒能說服她改變主意。
nThis method never fails.
go wrong if something you do goes wrong, it fails after starting well 出問題
The experiment went wrong when the chemicals combined to form a poisonous gas.
實驗出了問題，化學物質反應生成了一種有毒氣體。
not work if something does not work, it does not do what you want it to do 不起作用
The drugs don’t work.
這些藥不見效。
I tried to fix it with glue, but that didn’t work.
我試圖用膠水來固定它，但沒有用。
be unsuccessful /ˌʌnsəkˈsesfəl◂/ to not have the result you wanted 不成功
His first attempt to get a teaching job was unsuccessful.
他想從事教學工作的初次嘗試沒有成功。
The search was unsuccessful.
搜尋一無所獲。
be a failure to be unsuccessful, with the result that you have wasted your efforts 失敗
The government’s 5-year plan to modernize the economy was a complete failure.
該政府旨在實現經濟現代化的五年計劃完全失敗了。
backfire if a plan or action backfires, it does the opposite of what it was intended to do 産生事與願違的結果
His plan to get attention backfired, and instead of being promoted he lost his job.
他想抓人眼球的計劃産生了反作用，非但沒能升職，反而丢了工作。
in vain if you try to do something in vain, you fail to do it 徒勞地
They tried in vain to save him.
他們想要救他，卻是徒然。
All her efforts had been in vain.
她的努力都白費了。
Examples from the Corpus
fail• ''How did you do in accountancy?'' ''I failed''.• In the last ten minutes of the game, one of the television cameras failed.• "How did Chris do in his driving test?" "He failed."• Peace talks between the two countries have failed.• Imprisonment is a harsh measure that should be used only when every other reasonable avenue has failed.• When it came up for a vote in the House, the amendment failed.• Marriages can fail, and divorce is sometimes necessary.• His heart failed and there was nothing we could do to save him.• One of the engines failed at 30,000 feet.• Many of the boys in the program had been failing at school.• If they were trying to put us out of business, they have failed completely.• My attempt to lose weight failed completely.• Across the state, corn crops failed due to the drought.• Jonathan failed his law exams at the end of the year.• If your marriage fails it can be difficult to make a new start in life.• Millions of people have tried to quit smoking and failed miserably.• If I fail my driving test again, I'm going to give up.• I failed my math test.• What he fails to add is that nowadays information is as leaky as a fistful of sand.• I failed to convince him that I was right.• Having failed to find her friend, she decided to return home.• It has failed to maintain the civilization to which he has given his life as a man.• Yet he failed to subvert even his vulnerable neighbour.• Cal and Stanford so far have tried, and failed, to sweep the Washington road trip.• A large number of businesses failed when interest rates rose.• Our plan to go into business failed when the bank refused to lend us enough money.• A very high percentage of small businesses fail within their first year.
failed in ... attempt• During the Hayes administration, southerners had failed in their attempt to accomplish repeal by adding riders to appropriation bills.• Read in studio Count Nikolai Tolstoy has failed in his attempt to avoid paying libel damages.• Failed SinnFein failed in an attempt to co-opt him on to the council on Wednesday night.• You have failed in your attempt to convince me of the coincidence between the bourgeois and the human.• The champion jockey failed in his attempt to overturn a five-day suspension awarded for his riding of Silver Wizard.• I am absolutely sure that my friend Jimmy Wall and I failed in our attempt to set a record.• Greene King failed in its attempt to take over Morland; it now owns a 29.32% stake in the Thames Valley brewer.
fail to do something• Guinness was accused of bad faith, in particular for failing to adhere to promises made in the official offer documents.• He failed to be sufficiently accountable to the board.• It was also agreed that should either party fail to comply, sanctions would be imposed.• After they failed to find their intended victim, they embarked on an indiscriminate anti-foreigner rampage.• Two of them - who had failed to pay - are run by Mr Cowell.• For a split second, Constance failed to realise that he had released his grip on her.• Some people not only fail to speak up but talk with their hands wandering to cover their mouths.• She is described by the Argive elders as speaking in riddles because they fail to understand her predictions.
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fail2 noun
1  without fail 
a) ALWAYS/EVERY TIMEif you do something without fail, you always do it 必定，總是
Tim visits his mother every day without fail.
蒂姆每天必去看望他的母親。
b) CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYused to tell someone very firmly that they must do something 務必，一定〔用於堅決地告訴别人一定要做某事〕
I want that work finished by tomorrow, without fail!
我要求那項工作必須在明天之前完成，不得有誤！
Examples from the Corpus
without fail• You must take the medication every day without fail.• Danny comes over every Sunday without fail.• I want that work finished by tomorrow, without fail!• My mother goes to church every week without fail.
2  [countableC]SE an unsuccessful result in a test or examination 〔考試〕不及格 OPP pass
I got a fail in history.
我歷史考試不及格。
n3  [countableC] informal an occasion when someone is not successful or does something badly
My parenting has included some spectacular fails.
Examples from the Corpus
fail• Company failures have led to massive job losses.• Investigators traced the cause of the crash to engine failure.• He believes that if a starter has major-league talent, nothing matters more than taking the ball every five days without fail.• He writes every week without fail.
fail3n interjection informal
nused for saying that someone has failed or done something badly
From Longman Business Dictionary
failfail /feɪl/ verb
1[intransitiveI]COMMERCE if a business fails, it is not successful and loses so much money that it has to close
The company failed amid charges that the chairman had stolen $17 million.
More than 10,000 companies failed with debts of more than 10 million yen.
—failed adjectiveadj [only before a noun]
the failed Bank of Credit & Commerce International
2[intransitiveI] if something you try to do fails, it is not successful
A move to vote the chairman off the Bell Resources board failed.
fail to do something
A salesman may communicate perfectly well with a customer but fail to make a sale.
—failed adjectiveadj [only before a noun]
The firm collapsed after a failed bid for a rival insurer.
3[intransitiveI] if something fails to happen, it does not happen, although you expected or wanted it to
fail to do something
The new projects have failed to gain general acceptance from the board.
If the recovery fails to cut the deficit sharply, a rise in taxes will be needed.
4[intransitiveI]MANUFACTURING if equipment or a machine fails, it stops working because there is a fault
5FARMING [intransitiveI] if crops fail, they do not grow or produce any food
The corn harvest failed after a terrible drought.
6[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to not pass an examination, test or INSPECTION
The railway line failed its Board of Trade inspection earlier this year.
Origin fail1
(1200-1300) Old French faillir, from Latin fallere “to deceive, disappoint”

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