fails

To be unsuccessful; especially, not to achieve a goal or intended result.

表示“未能做到某事”时，后接不定式，如 fail to do sth.

1. 1.

   To be unsuccessful.

   不成功

2. 2.

   Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)

   未达到特定目标(用法说明:该词的直接宾语通常是动词不定式)

3. 3.

   To neglect.

   疏忽；忽略

4. 4.

   Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.

   (机器等)停止正常运转

5. 5.

   To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.

   辜负；不足；使失望；背弃

6. 6.

   To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.

   (学业)不及格

7. 7.

   To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.

   判(学生)不及格

8. 8.

   To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.

   缺乏；不足；欠缺直至完全缺失

9. 9.

   To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.

   无法履行承诺；尤指无力偿债或履行商业义务；破产

疏忽；未做；失灵；出故障；不及格；给…不及格；辜负；使失望；背弃；不足；缺乏

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