单词 | fail |
例句 | fail verb 1.•the enterprise had failed:be unsuccessful, not succeed, fall through, fall flat, collapse, founder, backfire, meet with disaster, come to nothing, come to naught | informal flop, bomb. ANT succeed. 2.•he has failed the final French examination:be unsuccessful in, not pass | not make the grade on | informal flunk, botch, blow, screw up, bungle. ANT pass. 3.•at his lowest point, his friends failed him:let down, disappoint | desert, abandon, betray, be disloyal to | literary forsake. ANT support. 4.•the crops failed:die, wither | be deficient, be insufficient, be inadequate. ANT thrive. 5.•daylight failed:fade, dim, die away, wane, disappear, vanish. 6.•the ventilation system failed:break down, break, stop working, cut out, crash | malfunction, go wrong, develop a fault | informal conk out, go on the blink, go on the fritz. ANT work. 7.•Joe's health was failing:deteriorate, degenerate, decline, fade, wane, ebb. ANT improving. 8.•900 businesses are failing a week:collapse, crash, go under, go bankrupt, go into receivership, go into liquidation, cease trading | informal fold, flop, go bust, go broke, go belly-up. ANT thrive. PHRASES without fail •without fail, Carlos leaves for lunch at 12:05 every day:without exception, unfailingly, regularly, invariably, predictably, conscientiously, religiously, whatever happens. |
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