中文翻译与英英解释

vi.
1.失败，不及格 (opp. succeed, pass)； (判断)错误，不中目标。
2.〔与 of 或不定式连用〕不能，不(做)，忘记。
3.(分量)不足，缺乏 (in); (作物)歉收。
4.(健康等)衰退，衰弱，停止作用；(水)断，风(停)。
5.倒闭，破产。
6.(后嗣)全无，绝。
短语和例子
He fails in truthfulness. 他不够老实。 She never fails to write me every week. 她永不忘记每周给我写信。 I fail to see. 我弄不懂。 The wind failed. 风停了。 Water supply has failed. 供水中断。
vt.
1.使失望；辜负；无助于，丢弃；不履行，玩忽。
2.(考试)失败，不及格；〔口语〕(考试人)不录取(考生)，把(考生)评为不及格。
短语和例子
Words failed me at the last minute. 到最后的时候我说不出话来了。 Time would fail me to tell of it. 没有那么多的时间去谈。 I failed exam in geography. 我地理考试不及格。 The teacher failed me in physics. 老师评我物理考试不及格。 Don't fail to 务必，一定(Don't fail to write me. 不要忘了给我写信)。 fail of 不能达到，缺乏…能力 (The debater's argument failed of logical connection. 辩论者的论点缺乏逻辑的连贯性)。 never fail to (do) 必定 (He never fails to come on Sunday. 他星期天准来)。
n.
1.失败，失误；不及格；不及格者。
2.【商业】(期货交割)失期。
短语和例子
without fail 必定，务必。

get worse; "Her health is declining"

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"
同义词：go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down,

prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
同义词：run out, give out,

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"
同义词：betray,

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"

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"

fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
同义词：flunk, bomb, flush it,

judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"

be unsuccessful; "Where do today''s public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
同义词：go wrong, miscarry,

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"
同义词：neglect,

be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"

例句与用法

The reason why he failed was his laziness .
他失败的原因就是他懒惰。

When hard tactics failed , soft methods were used .
硬的不行来软的。

He failed like so many before him .
像他前面的许多人一样，他失败了。

Tom failed but his sister got through .
汤姆不及格，但他妹妹及格了。

His courage failed him at the last moment .
他在最后一刻失去了勇气。

I fail to see the bearing of that remark .
我不明白该批评真意何在。

Poor old fellow, his mind is failing .
可怜的老头儿，有点老胡涂了。

His failing had little to do with me .
他的失败与我并没有多大关系。

You will fail unless you bestir yourself .
你必须努力，否则就要失败。

I will be there at two o'clock without fail .
我两点钟一定到那里。