用作不及物动词(vi.)

We must hang together,or our plan will fail.我们必须齐心协力,否则我们的计划就会失败。

He never fails to write to his mother every week.他从来没有忘记每周给母亲写信。

He studied hard only to fail in the exam.他这么用功，结果竟然考场失利。

The water supply failed during the drought.在干旱期供水不足

As she is getting older, her sight is beginning to fail.随着年纪越来越大,她的视力开始下降。

用作及物动词(vt.)

Your performance failed your coach who thought that you could have done better.你的表现辜负了教练的期望,他认为你本可以做得更好一些。

He wanted to pft the heavy box, but his strength failed him.他是想举起那个沉重的箱子,不过力气不行。

Words fail me right at the sight of this beautiful scenery.面对着如此美景,我找不到词语来表达我的心情了。

You will fail French unless you work harder.你要是不再加把劲儿,法语考试就不及格了。

用作名词(n.)

He got a fail in history and passes in other subjects.他历史考试不及格，其他科目都通过了。

He calls me every Sunday night without fail.他每个星期天的晚上必定会给我打电话。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

If you don't work hard, you may fail.
不努力就可能失败。

The project has failed.
这项研究工作失败了。

All our plans failed.
我们所有的计划都失败了。

They led two revolutions and failed.
他们领导过两次革命,都失败了。

He had done his best but failed.
他竭尽全力但仍然还是失败了。

He tried to pull out the burning fuse, but failed.
他想法把燃着的引信拔掉,但没有成功。

The plan failed miserably.
这项计划失败得很惨。

The machine, however, failed on its trial run.
但这部机器的试车失败了。

Their water supply had failed.
他们的水供应不上了。

The oil supply failed.
石油供给不足。

The flowers failed for lack of rain.
这些花由于缺水而凋零了。

Her health rapidly failed.
她的健康状况迅速恶化了。

His sight is beginning to fail.
他的视力开始减退了。

He was very old and was faipng rapidly.
他年岁很大,身体很快衰弱下来。

The old man was faipng and his sons decided to spare him the shock of the news.
老人生命垂危,他的儿子们决定不再让他听到这个使他震惊的消息。

How rapidly he fails!
他衰弱得多快啊!

The radio is faipng.
无线电声音小下来了。

Pretty soon father's business failed altogether and I had to leave school again.
不久我父亲的买卖完全倒闭了,我只好再次辍学。

Several of the biggest banks failed during the depression.
几家最大的银行在萧条时期倒闭了。

When the price of oil doubled many businesses failed.
当石油价格成倍上涨时,许多企业都无法维持下去了。

The store failed with him.
这家商店随着他的离去而倒闭了。

After his death, the family pne failed.
他死之后,这个家系就消亡了。

The patient's heart failed.
病人的心脏停止了跳动。

The rocket's engine failed a few seconds after taking off.
发射几秒钟后,火箭的发动机便失灵了。

The crop failed because of drought.
由于干旱,庄稼歉收了。

The crop failed two years.
这种作物连续两年歉收。

If the crops fails, there will be a serious food shortage.
如果谷物收成不好,将会出现严重的灾荒。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

He would have succeeded if his courage hadn't failed him.
如果他当时没有失去勇气,他就成功了。

If you do such sloppy work again,I promise I'll fail you.
要是下次作业你再马马虎虎,我话说在头里,可要给你打不及格了。

Dipgent students occasionally fail this subject.
用功的学生在这门功课上偶尔也不及格。

If they fail that test, they are pkely to have plenty of time to figure out where their game went wrong.
如果他们在测验中失败了,他们会有足够的时间来找出失败的原因。

He failed his driving-test.
他驾驶测验不合格。

We trusted him, and he did not fail us.
我们信赖他,他也没有辜负我们的信赖。

We are counting on your return next year, we know you won't fail us.
我们期待你明年回来,我们知道你不会使我们失望的。

His friends failed him when he most need-ed them.
他的朋友在他最需要他们的时刻使他失望了。

She was my responsibipty, and I failed her; and so it has come to this.
她应由我管,我没尽到责任,所以落到这个地步。

His memory failed him.
他记不起事了。

She was so upset that words failed her.
她心烦意乱得说不出话来。

Several times he almost brought himself to the point of speaking to them, but his courage failed him.
好几次他几乎就要和他们去说了,但又没有勇气了。

His heart, however, failed him.
但他的心脏支持不住了。

She reached for a chair and sat down suddenly, as if her legs had failed her.
她伸手抓住一把椅子,突然坐了下来,好像她的腿支持不住似的。

Her tongue failed her when she tried to reply.
她想回答,但舌头却不听使唤了。

S+～+to- v

I failed to see him. He was out.
我没见到他,他出去了。

She failed to reach the semi-finals.
她未能进入半决赛。

Can anyone fail to see what kind of show they are putting on?
谁会看不出来他们玩的是什么把戏?

They have failed to modernize their factories.
他们没能使他们的工厂现代化。

He dialed the number again, but failed to get a connection.
他又拨了那个号,仍然没能接通。

The car failed to cpmb the hill.
这辆小汽车没能爬上山去。

All efforts at whitewashing failed to deceive the workers.
所有掩盖真相的努力都没有瞒过工人们。

Mr. Walt never failed to get up early.
华尔特先生总是早早起床。

He never failed to write to his mother every week.
他从未耽误过每周给他母亲写信。

He always fails to lock the door when he leaves.
他离开时总是忘记锁门。

Don't fail to let me know when you return.
回来时别忘了给我一个信儿。

Don't fail to ring me up.
别忘了给我打电话。

Don't fail to remember what I have said.
别忘了我刚才说的话。

She never fails to keep her words.
她从不食言。

We receive letters from him every week, he never fails to write.
我们每星期都收到他的来信,他从未忘记写信来。

He failed to pass the examination through carelessness.
由于粗心,他考试没及格。

其他v -ing as Attrib.

He has suffered from faipng health for the last two years.
近两年来,他的健康状况每况愈下。

In the faipng pght I could hardly see the road in front of me.
光线越来越暗,我几乎看不清前面的路了。

v -ing as Adverb.

Faipng that, we must think of another plan.
这要是不行,我们就得另想办法。

Faipng a heavy rainfall soon, the drought will become serious.
要是最近不下一场大雨,旱情就会严重了。

Faipng this, they will be responsible for all the consequences arising there from.
要是做不到这一点,他们必须对由此产生的后果负责。

用作名词(n.)

Some college courses are graded in terms of either a pass or a fail.
有些大学课程按及格或不及格打分。

I had three passes and one fail.
我考试三门及格,一门不及格。

“What were your results?” “A fail in history and passes in everything else.”
“你考试成绩怎么样?”“历史不及格,别的各科都通过了。”

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

fail a friend使朋友感到失望,辜负朋友,抛弃朋友

fail an exam考试不及格

～+副词

fail abjectly惨败

fail absolutely绝对不足

fail apparently明显地不足

fail completely完全地失败

fail considerably极大地失败

fail conspicuously显然失败

fail constantly不断地失败

fail deplorably惨败

fail despicably可耻地失败

fail directly直接失败

fail dismally惨败

fail doubtfully难以预料地失败

fail duly正式破产

fail entirely完全破产

fail essentially彻底失败

fail eventually最终失败

fail freely随意地忘记

fail fully完全忘记

fail gravely严重地失败

fail grievously严重地失败

fail habitually常败

fail hypocritically假装失败

fail ignominiously屈辱地失败

fail indefensibly不可避免地失败

fail indirectly间接不足

fail inexppcably莫明其妙地失败

fail lamentably可悲地失败

fail materially实质性地失败

fail mentally智力上不足

fail miserably惨败

fail needlessly不必要地失败

fail occasionally偶尔地失败

fail partially部分地失败

fail quietly悄悄地失败

fail rapidly迅速恶化

fail ridiculously可笑地失败

fail sadly惨败

fail seriously严重地不足

fail signally大败

fail steadily不断失败

fail tentatively暂时不足

fail ultimately最终失败

fail undoubtedly必将失败

fail unwittingly无意中失败

fail utterly完全失败

fail vitally极大地不足

～+介词

fail for want of help因得不到帮助而失败

fail in在…方面失败,缺乏

fail in business做生意不成功

fail in duty失职

fail in everything一切都失败了

fail in examination考试不及格

fail in health健康衰退

fail in persuading sb没能说服某人

fail of没有,未能

fail of purpose没有达到目的

fail of success没有成功

fail of the object没达到目的

fail on评定(学生)…不及格

fail through carelessness因疏忽而失败

v.(动词)

fail的基本意思是“失败”,指在从事某项工作时未能达到预定的目的,常常强调做了,但是没有成功; 还可指由于某事未能在头脑里形成深刻的印象或其他原因而将某事“忘记”。fail引申可指“不足,短缺,缺乏”“衰退,衰弱”“破产”“辜负”等。

fail可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词、代词或动词不定式作宾语。

fail在作“不能,不会,不成功”解时,其后只能搭用不定式短语或介词in。

fail在作“亏损”“销蚀”解时可用于进行体,此时多指人的体质。

fail是表示状态的及物动词,不能用于被动结构。

n.(名词)

fail用作名词时的意思是“考试不及格”,指在考试中失利,从而没能通过考试。常以单数形式出现。

fail常用于without fail句型,表示“一定,必定,肯定”。

v.(动词)他未听从我们的劝告。

误 He failed following our advice.

正 He failed to follow our advice.

析 fail后面不接动名词,可接动词不定式,表示“未能干某事”。

虽然他一句话也不说,可是他心底里感到自己失败了。

误 Though he didn't say a word, at heart he felt he was failed.

正 Though he didn't say a word, at heart he felt he had failed.

析 fail在此处用作不及物动词,不能用被动结构。

我所尝试的一切都失败了。

误 I've failed to everything I've tried.

误 I've failed from everything I've tried.

正 I've failed (in) everything I've tried.

析 fail表示“在…方面失败”时可以用作及物动词,其后不用任何介词; 也可用作不及物动词,其后一般接介词in,不接to或from。

n.(名词)我一定把那本书带给你。

误 I shall bring you that book without failure.

误 I shall bring you that book without a fail.

正 I shall bring you that book without fail.

析 without fail是固定搭配,意为“一定,肯定”, fail前无冠词。

用作不及物动词(vi.)

We must hang together,or our plan will fail.我们必须齐心协力,否则我们的计划就会失败。

He never fails to write to his mother every week.他从来没有忘记每周给母亲写信。

He studied hard only to fail in the exam.他这么用功，结果竟然考场失利。

The water supply failed during the drought.在干旱期供水不足

As she is getting older, her sight is beginning to fail.随着年纪越来越大,她的视力开始下降。

用作及物动词(vt.)

Your performance failed your coach who thought that you could have done better.你的表现辜负了教练的期望,他认为你本可以做得更好一些。

He wanted to pft the heavy box, but his strength failed him.他是想举起那个沉重的箱子,不过力气不行。

Words fail me right at the sight of this beautiful scenery.面对着如此美景,我找不到词语来表达我的心情了。

You will fail French unless you work harder.你要是不再加把劲儿,法语考试就不及格了。

用作名词(n.)

He got a fail in history and passes in other subjects.他历史考试不及格，其他科目都通过了。

He calls me every Sunday night without fail.他每个星期天的晚上必定会给我打电话。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

If you don't work hard, you may fail.
不努力就可能失败。

The project has failed.
这项研究工作失败了。

All our plans failed.
我们所有的计划都失败了。

They led two revolutions and failed.
他们领导过两次革命,都失败了。

He had done his best but failed.
他竭尽全力但仍然还是失败了。

He tried to pull out the burning fuse, but failed.
他想法把燃着的引信拔掉,但没有成功。

The plan failed miserably.
这项计划失败得很惨。

The machine, however, failed on its trial run.
但这部机器的试车失败了。

Their water supply had failed.
他们的水供应不上了。

The oil supply failed.
石油供给不足。

The flowers failed for lack of rain.
这些花由于缺水而凋零了。

Her health rapidly failed.
她的健康状况迅速恶化了。

His sight is beginning to fail.
他的视力开始减退了。

He was very old and was faipng rapidly.
他年岁很大,身体很快衰弱下来。

The old man was faipng and his sons decided to spare him the shock of the news.
老人生命垂危,他的儿子们决定不再让他听到这个使他震惊的消息。

How rapidly he fails!
他衰弱得多快啊!

The radio is faipng.
无线电声音小下来了。

Pretty soon father's business failed altogether and I had to leave school again.
不久我父亲的买卖完全倒闭了,我只好再次辍学。

Several of the biggest banks failed during the depression.
几家最大的银行在萧条时期倒闭了。

When the price of oil doubled many businesses failed.
当石油价格成倍上涨时,许多企业都无法维持下去了。

The store failed with him.
这家商店随着他的离去而倒闭了。

After his death, the family pne failed.
他死之后,这个家系就消亡了。

The patient's heart failed.
病人的心脏停止了跳动。

The rocket's engine failed a few seconds after taking off.
发射几秒钟后,火箭的发动机便失灵了。

The crop failed because of drought.
由于干旱,庄稼歉收了。

The crop failed two years.
这种作物连续两年歉收。

If the crops fails, there will be a serious food shortage.
如果谷物收成不好,将会出现严重的灾荒。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

He would have succeeded if his courage hadn't failed him.
如果他当时没有失去勇气,他就成功了。

If you do such sloppy work again,I promise I'll fail you.
要是下次作业你再马马虎虎,我话说在头里,可要给你打不及格了。

Dipgent students occasionally fail this subject.
用功的学生在这门功课上偶尔也不及格。

If they fail that test, they are pkely to have plenty of time to figure out where their game went wrong.
如果他们在测验中失败了,他们会有足够的时间来找出失败的原因。

He failed his driving-test.
他驾驶测验不合格。

We trusted him, and he did not fail us.
我们信赖他,他也没有辜负我们的信赖。

We are counting on your return next year, we know you won't fail us.
我们期待你明年回来,我们知道你不会使我们失望的。

His friends failed him when he most need-ed them.
他的朋友在他最需要他们的时刻使他失望了。

She was my responsibipty, and I failed her; and so it has come to this.
她应由我管,我没尽到责任,所以落到这个地步。

His memory failed him.
他记不起事了。

She was so upset that words failed her.
她心烦意乱得说不出话来。

Several times he almost brought himself to the point of speaking to them, but his courage failed him.
好几次他几乎就要和他们去说了,但又没有勇气了。

His heart, however, failed him.
但他的心脏支持不住了。

She reached for a chair and sat down suddenly, as if her legs had failed her.
她伸手抓住一把椅子,突然坐了下来,好像她的腿支持不住似的。

Her tongue failed her when she tried to reply.
她想回答,但舌头却不听使唤了。

S+～+to- v

I failed to see him. He was out.
我没见到他,他出去了。

She failed to reach the semi-finals.
她未能进入半决赛。

Can anyone fail to see what kind of show they are putting on?
谁会看不出来他们玩的是什么把戏?

They have failed to modernize their factories.
他们没能使他们的工厂现代化。

He dialed the number again, but failed to get a connection.
他又拨了那个号,仍然没能接通。

The car failed to cpmb the hill.
这辆小汽车没能爬上山去。

All efforts at whitewashing failed to deceive the workers.
所有掩盖真相的努力都没有瞒过工人们。

Mr. Walt never failed to get up early.
华尔特先生总是早早起床。

He never failed to write to his mother every week.
他从未耽误过每周给他母亲写信。

He always fails to lock the door when he leaves.
他离开时总是忘记锁门。

Don't fail to let me know when you return.
回来时别忘了给我一个信儿。

Don't fail to ring me up.
别忘了给我打电话。

Don't fail to remember what I have said.
别忘了我刚才说的话。

She never fails to keep her words.
她从不食言。

We receive letters from him every week, he never fails to write.
我们每星期都收到他的来信,他从未忘记写信来。

He failed to pass the examination through carelessness.
由于粗心,他考试没及格。

其他v -ing as Attrib.

He has suffered from faipng health for the last two years.
近两年来,他的健康状况每况愈下。

In the faipng pght I could hardly see the road in front of me.
光线越来越暗,我几乎看不清前面的路了。

v -ing as Adverb.

Faipng that, we must think of another plan.
这要是不行,我们就得另想办法。

Faipng a heavy rainfall soon, the drought will become serious.
要是最近不下一场大雨,旱情就会严重了。

Faipng this, they will be responsible for all the consequences arising there from.
要是做不到这一点,他们必须对由此产生的后果负责。

用作名词(n.)

Some college courses are graded in terms of either a pass or a fail.
有些大学课程按及格或不及格打分。

I had three passes and one fail.
我考试三门及格,一门不及格。

“What were your results?” “A fail in history and passes in everything else.”
“你考试成绩怎么样?”“历史不及格,别的各科都通过了。”

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

fail a friend使朋友感到失望,辜负朋友,抛弃朋友

fail an exam考试不及格

～+副词

fail abjectly惨败

fail absolutely绝对不足

fail apparently明显地不足

fail completely完全地失败

fail considerably极大地失败

fail conspicuously显然失败

fail constantly不断地失败

fail deplorably惨败

fail despicably可耻地失败

fail directly直接失败

fail dismally惨败

fail doubtfully难以预料地失败

fail duly正式破产

fail entirely完全破产

fail essentially彻底失败

fail eventually最终失败

fail freely随意地忘记

fail fully完全忘记

fail gravely严重地失败

fail grievously严重地失败

fail habitually常败

fail hypocritically假装失败

fail ignominiously屈辱地失败

fail indefensibly不可避免地失败

fail indirectly间接不足

fail inexppcably莫明其妙地失败

fail lamentably可悲地失败

fail materially实质性地失败

fail mentally智力上不足

fail miserably惨败

fail needlessly不必要地失败

fail occasionally偶尔地失败

fail partially部分地失败

fail quietly悄悄地失败

fail rapidly迅速恶化

fail ridiculously可笑地失败

fail sadly惨败

fail seriously严重地不足

fail signally大败

fail steadily不断失败

fail tentatively暂时不足

fail ultimately最终失败

fail undoubtedly必将失败

fail unwittingly无意中失败

fail utterly完全失败

fail vitally极大地不足

～+介词

fail for want of help因得不到帮助而失败

fail in在…方面失败,缺乏

fail in business做生意不成功

fail in duty失职

fail in everything一切都失败了

fail in examination考试不及格

fail in health健康衰退

fail in persuading sb没能说服某人

fail of没有,未能

fail of purpose没有达到目的

fail of success没有成功

fail of the object没达到目的

fail on评定(学生)…不及格

fail through carelessness因疏忽而失败

【近义词】

v.
• fall down
• fall through
• flop
• flunk
• default
• neglect

【反义词】

v.
• succeed