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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   fail

   • IPA[fāl]

   美式

   • v.
     be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal；be unsuccessful in (an examination, test, or interview)
   • n.
     a grade that is not high enough to pass an examination or test.

   • verb: fail, 3rd person present: fails, gerund or present participle: failing, past tense: failed, past participle: failed

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal he failed in his attempt to secure election they failed to be ranked in the top ten
   • ▪ be unsuccessful in (an examination, test, or interview) she failed her finals 同義詞 be unsuccessful in, not pass, be found wanting, be found deficient, not make the grade, ... 更多not pass muster, not come up to scratch, be rejected, informalflunk反義詞 pass
   • ▪ (of a person or a commodity) be unable to meet the standards set by (a test of quality or eligibility) the player has failed a drug test
   • ▪ judge (someone, especially in an examination) not to have passed the criteria used to pass or fail the candidate
   • 2. neglect to do something the firm failed to give adequate risk warnings
   • ▪ behave in a way contrary to hopes or expectations by not doing something commuter chaos has again failed to materialize
   • ▪ used to express a strong belief that something must be the case you cannot fail to be deeply impressed
   • ▪ used to indicate that something invariably happens such comments never failed to annoy him
   • ▪ desert or let down (someone) at the last moment her nerve failed her 同義詞 let down, disappoint, break one's promise to, dash someone's hopes, fall short of someone's expectations, ... 更多neglect, desert, abandon, betray, be disloyal to, be unfaithful to, break faith with, play someone false, informaldo the dirty on, bail on, archaicforsake反義詞 support
   • 3. break down; cease to work well a truck whose brakes had failed 同義詞 break down, break, stop working, cease to function, cut out, ... 更多stop, stall, crash, give out, malfunction, act up, go wrong, develop a fault, be faulty, be defective, informalconk out, go kaput, go phut, give up the ghost, go on the blink, be on the blink, pack up, play up反義詞 work, be in working order
   • ▪ become weaker or of poorer quality; die away the light began to fail his failing health 同義詞 fade, grow less, grow dim, dim, die away, ... 更多dwindle, wane, disappear, vanish, peter out, dissolve, deteriorate, degenerate, decline, go into decline, fade, diminish, dwindle, wane, ebb, sink, collapse, decay反義詞 improve
   • ▪ (especially of a rain or a crop or supply) be lacking or insufficient when needed or expected the drought means crops have failed 同義詞 be deficient, be wanting, be lacking, fall short, be insufficient, ... 更多be inadequate, not come to ripeness, wither反義詞 thrive
   • ▪ (of a business or a person) be obliged to cease trading because of lack of funds; become bankrupt he lost his savings when the store failed 同義詞 be unsuccessful, not succeed, lack success, fall through, fall flat, ... 更多break down, abort, miscarry, be defeated, suffer defeat, be in vain, be frustrated, collapse, founder, misfire, backfire, not come up to scratch, meet with disaster, come to grief, come to nothing, come to naught, miss the mark, run aground, go astray, informalflop, fizzle out, flatline, come a cropper, bite the dust, bomb, blow up in someone's face, go down like a lead balloon, collapse, crash, go under, go bankrupt, become insolvent, go into receivership, be in the hands of the receivers, go into liquidation, cease trading, cease production, be closed, be shut down, close down, be wound up, informalfold, flop, go bust, go broke, go bump, go to the wall, go belly up反義詞 succeed, thrive

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a grade that is not high enough to pass an examination or test.

   片語

   • too big to fail
   • without fail