fail

失败；不及格

不足；无法做到；（作物）歉收

使失望；辜负

衰退；衰弱

（事业）倒闭，破产

fail

失败, 不及格, 忘记

使失望, 舍弃, 辜负, 不及格

不及格, 不及格者

fail

1. 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"

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2. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

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3. 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"

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4. 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"

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5. be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"

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6. judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"

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7. fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"

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8. 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"

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9. 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"

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10. prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"

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11. get worse; "Her health is declining"

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